ErLang-based document-oriented Data Store

by [Damien Katz]

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examples of what they see as falling into "document-oriented" - CRM/SFA, Address Book, [Group Forum], Issue Tracker, [Time Sheet], To Do List, [FAQ] management (CMS?).

• call this Semi Structured Data?

• more context. Traditional file based systems are simple enough, this is how most PC applications have dealt with documents for a long time. Ms Office is a prime example: all documents are files. But a lack of a reporting capabilities and concurrency control limit what can be done, particularly in web applications.

  • putting the document itself in the File System, with Meta Data in a Relational Data Base, might take care of some of those issues. (Of course, your Search Engine can't just spider the File System or it won't have the Meta Data available - but you can make web-based views that combine the 2 and have the Search Engine spider that.)

Views and their Indexes.

Designed for auto Data Synch for OffLine capabilities.

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