decisions: clarify arbitrary metadata

ElektraInitiative · Nov 9, 2020 · aebd0eb · aebd0eb
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@@ -23,7 +23,12 @@ metadata from `spec:` might end up in `user:`.
 
 ## Decision
 
-Do not store metadata in any namespace but spec.
+Do not store arbitrary metadata in any namespace but spec but only metadata that is handled by the `spec` plugin.
+E.g. for `array`, metadata might be stored in any namespace but this does not present a problem:
+
+- either the storage plugin does not support arrays, then the metadata will be discarded
+- if the storage plugin supports arrays, the data will be serialized as array
+  (even if the metadata comes from `spec`)
 
 Use different storage plugins, or plugins with different configurations,
 for the `spec` namespace: