+1 Although we should have at least one such repository for people (or even devices in some case[?]) to maintain new device definitions, I don't think we should restrict users to particular storage solutions.
Werner On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 1:10 PM, Bertrand Delacretaz <[email protected] > wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 1:00 PM, eberhard speer jr. <[email protected]> > wrote: > > ...I agree to storing XML in an RDBMS is an awful idea. > > > > What I meant was that the system imports XML data in *normalized* SQL > > tables... > > That might be useful depending on your use case, but I don't think > DeviceMap should impose that - I'd much prefer an abstract interface > to a storage/retrieval/query component that could be SQL, but also > in-memory, NoSQL or whatever makes sense in the user's environment. > > IIUC you already have code that works on SQL, did you send an URL to > that already? Might be interesting to look at, having something > concrete to compare with the current implementation might help design > the abstract interface that I'm thinking about. > > -Bertrand >
