[Z3lab] concepts for the concept map

[Martijn Faassen]

Florent Guillaume wrote:
[snip]

> All I'm saying is that JSR-170 is a Java API that makes implicit  
> assumptions about the capabilities of the backend, and DeltaV is an  
> HTTP API that makes implicit assumptions about the capabilities of  the 
> backend too. These assumptions are not the same. JSR-170's  assumptions 
> are probably a subset of those of DeltaV.

Interesting. It would be worthwhile for me to compare the two at some 
stage, then.

> If we code a backend, it has to be generic enough to be able to  provide 
> the level of abstraction and APIs you need. Therefore you  can't just 
> code something that would work with the storage model of  JSR-170 and 
> expect it to work simply with the full spectrum of  DeltaV's spec.
> 
> My aim in designing a storage architecture is to be as generic as  
> possible, and be able to degenerate into simpler cases as needed, the  
> simplest one probably being the basic Zope one of just having  documents 
> in folders. So I have to understand what the most complex  APIs expect 
> from their storage.
> 
> I agree that we should support standard APIs, of course.

Okay, that makes sense, thanks for the explanation. I will go put "study 
DeltaV" on my list of things to do.

Regards,

Martijn