On Wed, 03 Oct 2001, George Hicken wrote:
> I am having trouble finding info on where and how Metadata is stored.
> Metadata as in the Dublin Core metadata, not the freenet specific stuff,
> like SplitFile. Is the metadata in the encrypted part of the doc (doesn't
> seem to make much sense) or stored elsewhere (doesn't this compromise the
> plausible deniability that was achieved for the node operators by encrypting
> the docs in the first place), etc.
>
I don't know where the dublin core stuff went.
Metadata is stored right next to the actual data; in fact, as far as
freenet is concerned, they're parts of the same thing. There's just a
magic number stored along with the data that tells you where the
metadata stops and the data begins.
> Same problem for storable headers. There is some mention of them in the
> how freenet works doc, but nothing useful if you don't know anything about
> them already.
>
You don't ever have to worry about storable headers unless you're
writing a node. The storables are where the metadata size is kept and
some other technical stuff, but you just don't have to worry about them
at all as an author or user.
> These are extremely basic topics, but as I said, there doesn't appear to
> be anything other than passing references in the docs on the site.
>
> If anyone knows of any docs on this that would be great.
>
The dublin core stuff was around before, I just can't find it now. The
other is too obscure at the moment to worry about.
Thelema
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