Fields

a document consists of sets of fields that self describe the data it encodes each set signifies a single pair of two associated elements the name identifying the field the value that holds the data ditto document { id "123", field1 "abc", field2 1, field3 { sub field1 "xyz", sub field2 2 } } names similar to most document oriented databases, you can only use strings to encode field names in documents for complete naming rules, see docid\ sf7kass14pblqkuofjxju if you attempt to insert a type other than a string for a field property, as demonstrated in the following snippet, you will receive an error message { 1 "numeric fields are invalid here", "this part" "numeric fields are valid here" } values field values can be encoded using various data types , including scalar type, providing flexibility in representing a wide range of information following are the data types you can use to represent information in a ditto document register map attachment each data type contains two distinct components a merge behavior and a scalar value to store (see docid\ w4y7avicpmj0aowxmdvz2 ) hierarchies in the following structure, field properties are logically grouped to provide details about a specific car this structure includes an embedded object encapsulating both the gps latitude and longitude coordinates, as well as the physical address where the car is located