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1 Places 2 ====== 3 4 This document describes the implementation of the Firefox Places component. 5 6 It is a robust system to manage History and Bookmarks through a database on the backend side and a model-view-controller system that connects frontend UI user manipulation. 7 8 History and Bookmarks 9 --------------------- 10 11 In Firefox 2, History and Bookmarks used to be kept into separate databases in the Resource Description Framework format (`RDF format`_). 12 13 However, Firefox 3 implemented the Places system. It has been done due to multiple reasons, such as: 14 15 * **Performance**: certain search or maintenance operations were very slow 16 * **Reliability**: the filesystem facing side of RDF was not so robust, often causing corruption or unexpected states 17 * **Flexibility**: being able to cross data allows for interesting features, like the Awesome Bar 18 * **Maintainability**: the future of RDF was unclear, while SQLite is actively maintained and used by a large number of applications 19 20 .. _RDF format: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_Description_Framework 21 22 Where to Start 23 -------------- 24 25 For the high-level, non-technical summary of how History and Bookmarks works, read :doc:`nontechnical-overview`. 26 For more specific, technical details of implementation, read :doc:`architecture-overview`. 27 28 Governance 29 ---------- 30 31 See `Bookmarks & History (Places) </mots/index.html#bookmarks-history>`__ 32 33 Table of Contents 34 ----------------- 35 36 .. toctree:: 37 :maxdepth: 2 38 39 nontechnical-overview 40 architecture-overview