Ragnar Kjorstad asked several questions about Zahra:
1. Formating
Zahra uses its own format, because back when it was
developed xml wasn't known to the author.
It would be relatively easy to use xml. Needs just
some changes in the parser.
2. Structure (Record inside Volume)
That's the special thing about Zahra. You can nest
records inside each other however you want. This
creates an association between the two. It's
bidirectional. So putting Record inside Volume or
Volume inside record is functionally identical.
It's just a matter of personal preference.
Of course you can also define one and then reference
it from the other.
3. Icon
The Icon is really just an example. Me personally,
I wouldn't put such a thing in the DB, but it shows
you can put arbitrary data in the DB.
Another very special thing to note about Zahra: You
don't predefine everything. You can add new categories
or attributes on the fly...
Bye
dworz
PS: sorry for the late answer. our mailserver didn't
like it's last (unexpected) reboot and didn't give
me the original mail (found it in the mailarchive on
the web...)