[rules-users] Data structures in Guvnor REST API

[Jervis Liu]

On 2011/12/2 17:05, Joe Ammann wrote:
> On 12/02/2011 06:02 AM, Jervis Liu wrote:
>> On 2011/12/1 19:03, Joe Ammann wrote:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> On 12/01/2011 06:40 AM, Jervis Liu wrote:
>>>> the Asset.type is a standard property from Dublin core
>>>> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_Core), though this property is
>>>> never used by Guvnor Asset or Package, its always empty. I will remove
>>>> this property from the REST API.  Thanks for pointing this out.
>>>>
>>> I would not go too fast in removing it. If it is still available in
>>> Guvnor, IMHO it should also be available in the API. I was just
>>> wondering if there are any current uses for this.
>>>
>>> I might want to use this in my application :-)
>>>
>> I would not suggest you to use Asset.type to store custom information as
>> this field is a reserved property in Guvnor thus there is no guarantee
>> the information you stored will be preserved in the future.
> I'm perfectly aware of that, and prepared to change it in the future.
> Thing is that I need to store additional information. For packages, it's
> quite easy, I just place a specific file in that package. For Assets, I
> only see 2 choices currently: type or note. Pretty much everything else
> that the REST API offers is used for different things.
>
> Of course, the ideal solution for me would be if the API offered a
> generic key/value list for "other metadata".
Actually we do have a jira to address the exact feature you were asking 
here: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/GUVNOR-1170. Just have not got 
time yet. Any helps will be more than welcome ;-)

Jervis
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