[daisy] Content in directory structure

[Andreas Deininger]

2006/10/6, Carlos Palol <carlos.palol.listas at gmail.com>:
> Hi,
>
> This question might be obvious; please excuse my weak informatics
> theory background.
>
> Why does the repository server store content in a directory structure?
> Why doesn't it use the database?

Actually, the repository stores part of it's information in a
database, only the part content is stored on the file system:

See: http://cocoondev.org/daisy/features.html:

<citation>
Repository data is stored in a relational database. Our main
development happens on MySQL/InnoDB, but the provisions are there to
add support for new databases. The part content is stored in normal
files on the file system (to offload the database). The usage of these
familiar, open technologies, combined with the fact that the Daisy
Wiki frontend stores plain HTML, makes that your valuable content is
easily accessible with minimal "vendor" lock-in.
</citation>

Regards
--
Andreas