README.md

@@ -160,11 +160,10 @@ PostalPoint uses the Jimp library version 1.6 for creating and manipulating imag
 
 PostalPoint provides a UI for user-configurable plugin settings. See `exports.config` in examples/basic-demo/plugin.js for details.
 
-Settings are typically very short strings. Do not store data in settings. For data storage, see **Storing Data**.
+Settings are typically very short strings. Do not store data in settings. Non-string settings values
-Non-string settings values are transparently converted to/from JSON objects.
+are transparently converted to/from JSON objects.
 
-Use a unique key name prefix for your plugin to prevent key name conflicts.
+Use a unique prefix for your plugin to prevent key name conflicts.
-Reverse domain style is recommended (i.e. `"com.example.pluginname.keyname"`).
 
 `global.apis.settings.`:
 
@@ -174,35 +173,16 @@ Reverse domain style is recommended (i.e. `"com.example.pluginname.keyname"`).
 
 #### Storing Data
 
-There are three key/value stores available in PostalPoint.
+Behavior is the same as the settings storage. `setBig` stores the data to disk as a JSON file,
-
+while `setSmall` uses the settings storage.
-1. `setSmall` and `getSmall` currently use
+Use `setBig` and `getBig` for storing data except for very short string or number values.
-[localStorage](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/localStorage) as a backend,
-but this may change in the future.
-2. `setBig` and `getBig` store the data to disk as a JSON file.
-3. `setDatabase` and `getDatabase` store the data in the PostalPoint database, making stored data
-available on the network to other PostalPoint installations. Depending on the backend in use, data
-is stored either as a SQLite TEXT column or a MariaDB/MySQL LONGTEXT.
-
-`*Big` and `*Small` functions perform synchronous disk access while `*Database` functions are
-asynchronous and return a Promise.
-
-String values are stored and fetched as-is; all other datatypes are encoded to JSON before saving,
-and decoded back when fetched.
-
-Storing a value of `null` causes the key to be deleted. Fetching a key that doesn't exist without
-specifying a default value returns `null`.
-
-Behavior if the host machine is out of disk space or has a drive failure is undefined.
 
 `global.apis.storage.`:
 
 * `getBig(key, defaultValue)`
-* `setBig(key, value)`
 * `getSmall(key, defaultValue)`
+* `setBig(key, value)`
 * `setSmall(key, value)`
-* `async getDatabase(key, defaultValue)`
-* `async setDatabase(key, value)`
 
 
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