Re:Starting Over: A FOSS proposal for a new type of OS for a...
by webmaven on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @10:38AM
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> How is one supposed to share part of a database with another system or user without ultimately resorting to the file metaphor?
With an access-controlled view, perhaps?
Your question isn't entirely academic, incidentally, the Open Data movement prompted a lot of organizations (particularly government or government-like ones) to address this sort of issue (especially with geodata) en masse starting about a decade ago, and providing snapshots in the form of downloadable files is generally seen as an important but generally inferior when-all-else-fails solution for most use-cases that don't involve forking the data and/or bulk-processing it into a new form. Live read-only access to the system of record or a DMZ'd proxy or cache is usually preferred.
And the Semantic Web / Linked Open Data movement addressed a similar set of issues two decades ago.
I suppose it's time for another turn if the wheel, perhaps with a distributed web twist.
With an access-controlled view, perhaps?
Your question isn't entirely academic, incidentally, the Open Data movement prompted a lot of organizations (particularly government or government-like ones) to address this sort of issue (especially with geodata) en masse starting about a decade ago, and providing snapshots in the form of downloadable files is generally seen as an important but generally inferior when-all-else-fails solution for most use-cases that don't involve forking the data and/or bulk-processing it into a new form. Live read-only access to the system of record or a DMZ'd proxy or cache is usually preferred.
And the Semantic Web / Linked Open Data movement addressed a similar set of issues two decades ago.
I suppose it's time for another turn if the wheel, perhaps with a distributed web twist.