[Zope3-dev] Catalog only depeding on ZODB Was: Complexness of Zope3

[Steve Alexander]

Thomas Guettler wrote:
> On Fri, May 23, 2003 at 03:58:15PM -0400, Jim Fulton wrote:
> 
>>Constructive criticisms and suggestions will certainly help.
> 
> It would be nice if the new Catalog would only depend on ZODB. Then
> you can take ZODB and the new Catalog and write your own frontend:
> e.g. Corba or an other remote procedure call method.

Many of the underlying indexes that you will be able to use with the 
Zope 3 cataloguing facilities will store their data in the ZODB. And, 
you will be able to use these indexes in ZODB applications independently 
of Zope. The ZCTextIndex that Guido van Rossum and others ported during 
the Rotterdam Sprintathon last year can be used like this already.

In general, the catalog-related features of Zope 3 do not depend 
significantly on the ZODB.

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Steve Alexander