Thanks guys for all the info! It sounds like you have found some grea uses for couchDB. It has already got my brain thinking in new ways. I will try to put together some use cases of my own and share with the group when ready. Thanks! Andy
> To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: simple use cases for couch db > Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 20:45:43 +0000 > > When I think for usecases of CouchDB I tend to think in *documents*. > After all, CouchDB is a document oriented database. So everything that would > require me to use a sheet of paper to accomplish a certain task in the real > world should easily map to a document in CouchDB. > > > But there are some limitations in CouchDB that make it hard to write certain > real world applications. One of it is the absence of privacy restriction on > document level. (see > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4101962/restricting-resource-access-in-couchdb-to-exactly-2-users > ) > > > I read that you are working in a large enterprise and I had the idea of a > webapp > for applying for holidays/vacation. You basically have a calender and users > can > apply for taking days off and their supervisor has to approve it. > Creating the basic app would be quite easy but modeling the security > restrictions might need an extra application layer. >
