let me know if my cut at metadata does not support what you need. i'm happy to modify it or revamp it to fit the needs of the community.
last modified time is there. i only use it for documents, and haven't completely tested it, but it works for me (in my application). let me know if it doesn't make sense. dave -----Original Message----- From: Gianugo Rabellino [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 11:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PATCH] XTools adds user.dir to absolute paths Vadim Gritsenko wrote: > Gianugo Rabellino wrote: > >> how would you like to get involved more and help yourself? :-) > > > > I'd like to see meta data implemented. I do see a great need of last > modified time for resources and ideally for query results on collections > too in order to provide adequate performance of xindice in conjunction > with cocoon. > > Is there any work going on to complete meta data support? David did a first cut at an implementation, have you seen it? However, metadata are my pet peeve too: the problem is that it's an issue to be solved in two places: here and on the XMLDB API list. > After a quick > look at the API my first guess is that this can be done via exposing > MetadataService. Am I on the right track? I can try and finish this > implementation and fix here and there some other stuff as well (usual > disclaimer -- "if time permits" -- applies) This is a recurring issue. Please have a look at these threads: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=103839556100006&r=1&w=2 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=104749973700007&r=1&w=2 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=104066672500001&r=1&w=2 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=103828933700002&r=1&w=2 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=101402632800003&r=1&w=2 And, yes, your help is *most* appreciated. :-) Ciao, -- Gianugo Rabellino Pro-netics s.r.l. - http://www.pro-netics.com Orixo, the XML business alliance - http://www.orixo.com (Now blogging at: http://blogs.cocoondev.org/gianugo/)