All, I tried searching for information on this, but I am probably not searching for the right jargon.
We have an application that allows users to specify (at initial setup time) to specify what kind of metadata they want to enter when they work with digital media within the application. For example, one user may want to upload a bunch of Word doc files and then enter a set of metadata (say Title, Description, Source, Location, etc.). Another user may want to enter a combination of images, docs and movie files and then enter a different set of metadata (say Title, Description, Period, Style, Location, Dates, Sequence, etc.) If we go the traditional database route, this would involve lots of dynamically named fields which I envision as really messy. We think that storing these individual metadata sets as XML data (keyed to ID fields in the db) would be the way to go. Does anybody have any experience/thoughts on this approach? It would be really nice to read any articles or whitepapers on this too. Thanks, George ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:245053 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
