Associations v/s attributes

pvaibhav — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 06:01:12 GMT

I am trying to define my content model in Alfresco.Here is my problem:I have n equipments (a domain object) and some content (text/files). Each content item may be associated with 1 or n equipments.I can think of two ways to do this1) Store list of n equpiments (it may have it's own metadata) as nod

Re: Associations v/s attributes

davidc — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:49:08 GMT

If equipment has its own metadata, then I'd use an association (a child association should be fine).

Its easier - you can use the Alfresco APis to manipulate equipment (no need for custom serialisation into a single prop) and you can use the dictionary to provide any additional meta-data for your equipment properties.

You can still search on all these attributes. In fact, you'll have better control over search if you have a seperate node for equipment with its own set of properties.

I'm not sure there's noticable performance differences with either approach.

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