https://couchdb.apache.org/ :)
On 14 April 2012 22:30, Tim McNamara <[email protected]> wrote: > Are there any recent primary sources to draw from? Wikipedia editors > really dislike large edits without references, even if they improve > the article. > > > On 15 April 2012 07:19, Jonathan Porta <[email protected]> wrote: >> Any better with this: >> >> "Apache CouchDB, commonly referred to as CouchDB, is an open source >> NoSQL database that uses JSON for documents, JavaScript for MapReduce >> queries, and HTTP for an API.[1] CouchDB was first released in 2005 >> and later became an Apache project in 2008. >> >> Unlike in a relational database, CouchDB does not store data and >> relationships in tables, but instead stores structured data as JSON >> documents. >> >> CouchDB implements a form of Multi-Version Concurrency Control (MVCC) >> in order to avoid the need to lock the database file during writes. >> Conflicts are left to the user to resolve. >> >> Other features are ACID semantics with eventual consistency, >> MapReduce, incremental replication and fault-tolerance. CouchDB ships >> with Futon, a web based administration console." >> >> >> Jonathan Porta >> >> >> >> On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Robert Newson <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Certainly very crufty in places. The Talk page contains unchallenged >>> (and untrue) assertions that we're all moving to Couchbase server too! >>> >>> B. >>> >>> >>> On 14 April 2012 16:46, Noah Slater <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hey, >>>> >>>> Does someone want to take a look at the CouchDB Wikipedia article? >>>> >>>> The opening paragraph is terrible: >>>> >>>> "Apache CouchDB, commonly referred to as CouchDB, is an open source >>>> document-oriented database NoSQL database system. It could be considered >>>> similar to MongoDB." >>>> >>>> A document-oriented database NoSQL database system? What. We should also >>>> not be compared to MongoDB in the first sentence. Or again, later in the >>>> article. It should be sufficient to let CouchDB stand on its own merits. >>>> Much like how the MongoDB article does not make constant comparisons with >>>> CouchDB. >>>> >>>> There are a number of factually incorrect statements that need cleaning up >>>> too. Like the statement that Damien Katz is our lead developer. It should, >>>> instead, be noted that he retired from our PMC. Also, IBM do not directly >>>> financially support the project, nor do any other companies. Individual >>>> developers are not sponsored either. The only sponsorship our project has >>>> is listed on the ASF sponsorship page. >>>> >>>> http://www.apache.org/foundation/thanks.html >>>> >>>> There are a few other problems too, like outdated references to Couchbase >>>> and UQL. >>>> >>>> In general, there is probably a lot of love and attention someone could >>>> pour in to this. I notice that it was updated last week to include the new >>>> version number. So someone presumably has their eye on the article. We just >>>> need a little bit more work putting in to it, I think. >>>> >>>> I would do this myself, but I worry that I have a strong conflict of >>>> interests. >>>> >>>> Anyone calm and rational and distant enough want to take this on? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> N
