On Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 05:44:44PM -0500, Brandon wrote:
> 
> > Do u really think a catalog of keys is enough ?
> > i mean, shouldn't we try to store more 'metadatas' concerning files
> > associated with keys ?
> 
> Yes, that would be great. We just have to decide on the format for
> associating metadata with keys. My hope is that metadata can be merged
> into the Redirect control document so that we can have descriptive
> redirects. Then each file in an index can simply be a descriptive
> redirect. That way I don't have to come up with a separate format for key
> indices. This hasn't been completely discussed yet. There was some mention
> of putting metadata in redirects when it was discussed that we shouldn't
> put metadata in files.

Have you read the new metadata spec?  There can be any number of parts in
the metadata -- Redirect, SplitFile, Info (metadata about the document),
etc.  So yes, you can do this and there is a draft standard.

-- 

# tavin cole
# if code is law, then Freenet is a crowded theater


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