Web Storage is a W3C specification that provides functionality for storing data on the client side until the end of a session (Session Storage), or beyond (Local Storage). It is much more powerful than traditional cookies, and easier to work with. In this article we will look at why this is, and how to use it.

Open Library does not use data records at all, instead, every piece of data is typed with a URI. This architecture aligns with W3C web standards for the semantic web, and allows much more flexible searching and data mining than would be possible with a MARC record.

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This document defines APIs for a database of records holding simple values and hierarchical objects. Each record consists of a key and some value. Moreover, the database maintains indexes over records it stores. An application developer directly uses an API to locate records either by their key or by using an index. A query language can be layered on this API. An indexed database can be implemented using a persistent B-tree data structure.

realStorage is meant to create a consistent API for the W3C Web Storage key/value store specification (i.e. work around browser bugs). It also adds some convenience functions to help flesh out the localStorage key/value API. And when Web Storage is not available, a Gears fallback is provided.

realStorage 2.0 is now officially released. For those that don't know, realStorage is a compatibility library that handles browser incompatibilities for the W3C Web Storage API as of August.