Wrapping Up
With UTIs, it’s possible to integrate even further with the operating system, Spotlight, and Quick Look. It’s possible to publish a full description of the UTI—effectively injecting it into the tree and thus having the data type appear in Spotlight rules and more. However, this is beyond the scope of this book.
Here are some exercises you can try on your own.
Decreasing the Size of the Metadata Files
Depending on the application, it’s possible to reduce the metadata files dramatically. Since the importer (and the generator) can stand up the entire Core Data stack, it’s possible to just have the NSManagedObjectID (or even a unique identifier within the Recipe object) stored in the metadata file and have the importers and generators ...
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