From 0839b3ccd1bb60a2ab3813b593c1b59ba46c7089 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tristan Slominski Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 12:57:57 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] 'append-only' is a better description than 'write-once'. --- README.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 1884e04..1ab050b 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ _Stability: 1 - [Experimental](https://github.com/tristanls/stability-index#stab [![NPM version](https://badge.fury.io/js/alldata.png)](http://npmjs.org/package/alldata) -AllData is a distributed master-less write-once immutable event store database implementing "All Data" part of [Lambda Architecture](http://www.slideshare.net/nathanmarz/runaway-complexity-in-big-data-and-a-plan-to-stop-it). +AllData is a distributed master-less append-only immutable event store database implementing "All Data" part of [Lambda Architecture](http://www.slideshare.net/nathanmarz/runaway-complexity-in-big-data-and-a-plan-to-stop-it). ![All Data in Lambda Architecture](images/alldata.png) @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ AllData is a distributed master-less write-once immutable event store database i -- _Albert Einstein, "On the Method of Theoretical Physics" The Herbert Spencer Lecture, delivered at Oxford (10 June 1933)_ -AllData is a distributed master-less write-once immutable event store database implementing "All Data" part of [Lambda Architecture](http://www.slideshare.net/nathanmarz/runaway-complexity-in-big-data-and-a-plan-to-stop-it). It attempts to do nothing more than fulfill the "All Data" design considerations that are as follows: +AllData is a distributed master-less append-only immutable event store database implementing "All Data" part of [Lambda Architecture](http://www.slideshare.net/nathanmarz/runaway-complexity-in-big-data-and-a-plan-to-stop-it). It attempts to do nothing more than fulfill the "All Data" design considerations that are as follows: * **Lambda Architecture.** AllData is meant to be part of a system designed according to Lambda Architecture. * **Event storage.** AllData is an event store. It stores events and is an "append-only" store.