Introduction

The compact data storage is similar to the compact object notation. However, as we are only interested in storing object data, we can be even more succinct in our representation. The compact data storage is used to store the model data.

Definition of <object>

This is used for storing data. It has a slightly more compact form

<object list> = {<strongly typed object>+}

<strongly typed object>=<object id>@<description>@{<attribute>}

<attribute> = <value property> | <object property> | <list of values> | <list of objects>

<value property>=<attribute name>@<value>@

<object property>=<attribute name>@<object id>@

<list of values>=<attribute name>@<count>@{<value>@}

<list of objects>=<attribute name>@<count>@{<object id>@}

Usage

The notation above might look simple but it can represent any object structure (including recursive objects) in a highly efficient way. Notice that when representing an object property or a list of objects, you do not embed the object but just the object ID.