Looks like they a have a lengthy preview of the book online too. I'll check it out, thanks! On 10/15/2011 5:48 PM, Luciano Ramalho wrote: > On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 12:49 AM, David Fox wrote: >> Would this be a case where it would make sense to normalize my document and >> store these access keys separately? Are there any general guidelines >> determining when it makes sense to normalize? > Besides the MongoDB article suggested by Roger, I also recommend this book: > > Semistructured Database Design > > http://www.springer.com/computer/security+and+cryptology/book/978-0-387-23567-7 > > Yes, it is expensive, but it is the only book I that I know about > which discusses in depth data modeling, including normalization, in > semistructured databases (a.k.a. document databases, but > semistructured or semi-structured are the terms used in research since > the 1990s). > > Cheers, > > Luciano > >