DB meta data

Context

The database record DB has no information about its creation date, used versions and no unique identifier. See discussion.

Options

A: Extension of :config in DB record

Add the addtional fields to the current :config field in the DB record:

Pro

• no refactoring of current record
• Database ID could be set from outside

Contra

• it's bad practice to have a user set internal database data
• meta data is semantically different from configuration

B: Addtion of new field meta in DB record

Create new field :meta in the DB record containing a hashmap with the attributes:

• :datahike/version: String
• :datahike/created-at: Date
• :datahike/id: UUID
• :konserve/version: String
• :hitchhiker.tree/version: String

Pro

• clean semantic
• extensible

Contra

• extra implementation work
• migration might be needed

Status

OPEN

Decision

NONE

Consequences

• older databases need to be migrated