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Whether fcr:metadata nodes may be the object of reference properties when resolving queries, since the resulting node's jcr:path cannot be converted to a URI without the node types.
MODE Performance Considerations
Deferring node retrieval
Single selectors are the optimal case if nodes must be processed (ie, contained graphs are included)
and jcr:path/URI roundtripping
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PUT vs POST to Create and REST semantics (list conversation, github conversation)
The fcr:metadata pattern was implemented in place of fcr:content in 4.beta4.
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