[OT] OODBs and schema, was Re: [linux-audio-user] Re: sound & midi applications page, was Re: [Consortium] linuxaudio.org

[Steve Harris]

On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 11:15:43 -0500, Paul Winkler wrote:
> > I'm not sure if thats a joke or not ;) Zope is based on an OODB IIRC.
> > thier not very good at schema independence in my experience.
> 
> I'm not sure what "schema independence" means, so I will
> assume it means the ability to extend or modify the
> schema after you've already got live instances.

I meant things like splitting or joining classes, changing property
semantics and so on.

Looks like python is better at handling it than java,  but its still a bit
hacky.

- Steve