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> I suspect if the concept of the registry was created today it would look more like a database (e.g. Sqlite), although organizing it like a virtual FileSystem does have a certain appeal, and unfortunately I don't know of a database engine that supports such a layout.

(Open)LDAP uses a hierarchical structure and saves its data in a database:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_Memory-Mapped_Databa...

* https://www.openldap.org/software/man.cgi?query=slapd-mdb




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