Core Data App vs. Core Data Doc-based App: which is appropriate?
Core Data App vs. Core Data Doc-based App: which is appropriate?
- Subject: Core Data App vs. Core Data Doc-based App: which is appropriate?
- From: Mark Slater <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 02:31:52 -0700
I'm starting work on a program that will include... cataloging, for
want of a better term. The user will have binary files, and
additional metadata associated with these files. I'd like the
metadata to be searchable with spotlight, but I read (and this may be
out of date), that spotlight needs to have separate files for
separate data items. Basically, I'd like the user to be able to
search for "yogurt" and only the binary files that have "yogurt"
associated with them show up in the results. At the same time, for
the UI, I don't plan to have the user opening and closing a new
document for each file, but rather allow them to browse a list of all
the cataloged items.
So I'm trying to figure out if my project should use the Core Data
application template or the Core Data Document-based application
template (with or without spotlight importer). If my understanding of
spotlight is correct, that leads me to think I should have a
different document for each item in the catalog, but would it be
possible to merge all the documents into a cohesive (one window UI)
app with the Doc-based template? Or am I wrong about spotlight and I
should just use the Core Data template and end up with a more complex
spotlight importer (which is fine also)?
Thanks!
Mark
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