[Pipet Devel] xml database stuff

[Jarl van Katwijk]

> before wrapping it. This sounds to me like a ton of work that I don't
> have time for right now :-<

No need to work fast, stick to working good :)

> 1. Convert the current storage ids (ie.
> 'workspace1/workspace2/viewer1.xml')
> into unique ids and store this mapping in a dictionary (random_id
> -> current_id).
> 2. Shelve the xml according to their random ids.
> 3. Provide lots o' helper functions to make this work smoothly with
> the current set up.
> What do you all think? Good idea? Bad idea?
>

I dont get what you are trying the archive here..
If it is 'storing the XML representation', why not pipe the file through
a PGP
library?