Re: Web Storage & SQL

On Apr 10, 2009, at 1:53 PM, Maciej Stachowiak wrote:

> One clear problem identified despite these examples is that we do  
> not have a precise enough spec for the query language to make truly  
> independent interoperable implementations possible.

There are several different query languages that can be interoperably  
implemented - Lucene provides one example, and Couch DB is another.  
What makes you say that a truly interoperable implementation is not  
possible? Why does the query language have to be SQL?

> It seems to me that significantly redesigning database storage is  
> not necessary to address this. "X is underspecified so let's do Y or  
> Z instead" is not a very strong argument in my opinion. Another  
> issue raised is that a different database model (OODB for instance)  
> may work better for content authors. I would say we do not have very  
> compelling evidence yet that such a design would be better, or that  
> it could meet the various requirements, and we do not even have a  
> concrete strawman proposal that we could start evaluating.

Can someone state the various requirements for Web Storage? I did not  
find them enunciated anywhere.

Received on Friday, 10 April 2009 21:22:03 UTC