Re: [freenet-devl] no client metadata in 0.4 CHKs?

[Ian Clarke]

On Sat, May 05, 2001 at 05:34:52PM -0500, Brandon wrote:
> As has been discussed on the mailing list, the only way to have two copies
> of the same file collide when inserted and also not allow the first
> inserter to have total control over the contents of the metadata is to not
> put metadata in CHKs.

If we are talking about client-side metadata then all we are really
doing by allowing metadata is providing a standard way to attach a set
of key-data pairs to a piece of data.  If we didn't specify such a way,
then client writers would, but they would each probably do it in a
different way.

> Metadata for CHKs can be stored in a separate document.

As mentioned, this would double the time required to retrieve these
documents, and since I anticipate that most documents will be smaller
than whatever threshold we reccomend for splitting files, it would
basically make Freenet twice as slow.

Ian.

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