Richard Rodgers wrote: > (1) There is a lot of metadata in DSpace (and a lot more to come) that is not > related to user discovery (technical metadata, e.g) - this could live in a > triple store - but would not benefit from it. In fact, a lot or record-based > metadata is accessed much more efficiently in a RDBMS.
1. From an architectural standpoint, doesn't a triple store (in theory) make it fundamentally easier to deal with a diversity of metadata types, *especially* technical metadata --- which can vary not only between formats but even between instances of a given format, depending upon the applications that have modified the bitstreams? 2. Regarding efficiency, are you referring to query (somehow harder to get what you want) or performance (triple-store implementations haven't benefited from 30+ years of refinement)? Just trying to provoke discussion ;) John ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
