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Easier to implement this if your data is backed by Datomic. I'm working in a HIPAA environment and we're quite happily using Datomic there.

• praptak 13y ago
  That's interesting. Do you have any "really delete this data" requirements and if so, is it hard to deal with that with Datomic? (sorry if question is dumb, I have near zero knowledge on both HIPAA and Datomic)
  • coolsunglasses 13y ago
    Excision is built into Datomic expressly for this purpose. I don't know why people assume those capable of building a database would also fail to anticipate this need. The difference is that you don't use excision except in special cases (like legal obligation to delete data), you use retraction which doesn't lose any history.
    • alanning 13y ago
      Thank you for sharing your experience. > I don't know why people assume those capable of building a database would also fail to anticipate this need. Praptak asked if it was hard to deal with and did not imply Datomic's developers failed to anticipate the need. Excision is a feature that must be prioritized like any other and in fact was not available until Datomic 0.8.3941. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/datomic/Gk8h6MrnJYs https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/datomic/Gk8h6MrnJYs
      • coolsunglasses 13y ago
        3941 was pretty early in Datomic's lifecycle so far. It's still a young product but it's very practical already. Fair point. :)