{"id": 299760684, "node_id": "MDU6SXNzdWUyOTk3NjA2ODQ=", "number": 185, "title": "Metadata should be a nested arbitrary KV store", "user": {"value": 222245, "label": "carlmjohnson"}, "state": "open", "locked": 0, "assignee": null, "milestone": null, "comments": 12, "created_at": "2018-02-23T16:02:07Z", "updated_at": "2019-05-13T18:33:33Z", "closed_at": null, "author_association": "NONE", "pull_request": null, "body": "I started using the metadata feature and was surprised to find that values are not inherited from the root object down to specific databases and tables. This makes metadata much less useful and requires a lot of pointless duplication.\r\n\r\nIdeally, metadata should allow arbitrary key-value pairs, and there should be a way of accessing metadata either in an inherited or non-inherited manner. Something like `metadata.page.key` vs. `metadata.this.key` might work as an interface.", "repo": {"value": 107914493, "label": "datasette"}, "type": "issue", "active_lock_reason": null, "performed_via_github_app": null, "reactions": "{\"url\": \"https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/185/reactions\", \"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "draft": null, "state_reason": null}