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==Storage==
XML documents are stored in a proprietary format to speed up XPath axis traversals and update operations, and raw data is stored in its original format in a dedicated sub-directory (called <code>"raw"</code>). Several reasons exist why we did not extend our existing storage to binary data:
* '''Good Performance''': the file system generally performs very well when it comes to the retrieval and update of binary files.
