> MT> People might want to rethink if storing complete documents is the
> MT> "way to go".
>
> I have given you an example at the beginning of this
> now-rather-religious thread: often you need to store a document as a
> whole, and secure it (with a digital signature, for example). It is
> very unconvenient to sign it if it's scattered into many relational
> pieces. So you need to store it as an atom, sign it as such, and still
> be able to query its parts. That's what document-centric or
> document-centered storage is about. Thomas gave some good pointers
> about the current of the art.

Can't you store it, sign it and take it apart for querying?

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
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