Great article on the WARC file format. I really appreciate the efforts of the ArchiveIt team in developing and maintaining such a crucial tool for web archiving.
I'm trying to understand why the WARC format was made the way it is. Can someone explain the main reasons behind its design? Specifically, I'm curious about:
- Why not use a regular folder and file system with separate metadata files? It seems simpler and more user-friendly.
I'm trying to understand why the WARC format was made the way it is. Can someone explain the main reasons behind its design? Specifically, I'm curious about:
- Why not use a regular folder and file system with separate metadata files? It seems simpler and more user-friendly.
- Why not use SQLite?