--- nfo/perl/libs/Data/Storage.pod	2003/02/11 10:31:09	1.2
+++ nfo/perl/libs/Data/Storage.pod	2004/11/10 08:21:41	1.5
@@ -6,14 +6,32 @@
   Data::Storage - Interface for accessing various Storage implementations for Perl in an independent way
 
 
-=head1 AIMS
+=head1 ABSTRACT  ;-)
+
+   Data Storage 
+   
+   "Where is the wisdom? Lost in the knowledge.
+   Where is the knowledge? Lost in the information." 
+   - T.S. Eliot 
+   
+   "Where is the information? Lost in the data.
+   Where is the data? Lost in the #@$%?!& database." 
+   - Joe Celko 
+
+ 
+  from: MacPerl: Power and Ease - Chapter 15
+  url: http://www.macperl.com/ptf_book/r/MP/330.Data_Storage.html
+  
+
+=head1 INTENTIONS
 
   - should encapsulate Tangram, DBI, DBD::CSV and LWP:: to access them in an unordinary (more convenient) way ;)
   - introduce a generic layered structure, refactor *SUBLAYER*-stuff, make (e.g.) this possible:
     Perl Data::Storage[DBD::CSV]  ->  Perl LWP::  ->  Internet HTTP/FTP/*  ->  Host Daemon  ->  csv-file
   - provide generic synchronization mechanisms across arbitrary/multiple storages based on ident/checksum
     maybe it's possible to have schema-, structural- and semantical modifications synchronized???
-
+  - might be similar to http://sourceforge.net/projects/perl-repository
+  
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
@@ -203,19 +221,23 @@
 
 =head1 AUTHORS / COPYRIGHT
 
-  The Data::Storage module is Copyright (c) 2002 Andreas Motl.
+  The Data::Storage module is Copyright (c) 2002-2004 Andreas Motl.
   All rights reserved.
+  Mail to <andreas.motl (at) ilo.de> for improvements and suggestions.
+
   You may distribute it under the terms of either the GNU General Public
   License or the Artistic License, as specified in the Perl README file.
 
+=head1 CONTRIBUTORS
+
+  Sebastian Utz <su (at) rotamente.com>
 
 =head1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
 
   Larry Wall for Perl, Tim Bunce for DBI, Jean-Louis Leroy for Tangram and Set::Object, 
   Sam Vilain for Class::Tangram, Jochen Wiedmann and Jeff Zucker for DBD::CSV & Co.,
   Adam Spiers for MySQL::Diff and all contributors.
-
-
+
 =head1 SUPPORT / WARRANTY
 
   Data::Storage is free software. IT COMES WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.
@@ -223,6 +245,15 @@
 
 =head1 TODO
 
+  o interface with Jeff Zucker's AnyData:: modules, e.g. AnyData::Storage::RAM
+  o what about DBD::RAM? (DBD::RAM - a DBI driver for files and data structures)
+  o use DBD::Proxy!
+  o what about DBIx::AnyDBD?
+  o enhance schema information:
+    - DBIx::SystemCatalog
+    - DBIx::SystemCatalog::MSSQL?
+    - Data::Reporter
+
 
 =head2 BUGS