http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rjacobs/archive/2005/01/17/354754.aspxMetadata is a funny thing... In an effort to make the complex simple we often go down this road of building a generic-meta-data-driven-solution-thingy and end up shooting ourselves in the foot. For example, COM+ has support for transactional semanticsen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rjacobs/archive/2005/01/17/354754.aspx#9721098Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:59:59 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9721098 Ron Jacobs Exception Handling amp Metadata | Toe Nail Fungus<p>PingBack from <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://toenailfungusite.info/story.php?id=3119">http://toenailfungusite.info/story.php?id=3119</a></p> <img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9721098" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rjacobs/archive/2005/01/17/354754.aspx#371263Fri, 11 Feb 2005 19:40:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:371263edjezExactly! - A lot about it is acheiving separation of concerns... <br>I'm writing a post commenting on this now.<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=371263" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rjacobs/archive/2005/01/17/354754.aspx#361003Wed, 26 Jan 2005 20:16:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:361003Barry GervinYeah, I share the same thoughts. I was a bit freaked the first time I delved into the CMAB. Do we really want to allow admins to change the location/provider of config data? Seems very scary.<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=361003" width="1" height="1">