From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jan 10 8:38:15 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7901937B401 for ; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 08:38:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from papagena.rockefeller.edu (papagena.rockefeller.edu [129.85.41.71]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9E7643F5B for ; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 08:38:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rsidd@papagena.rockefeller.edu) Received: (from rsidd@localhost) by papagena.rockefeller.edu (8.11.6/8.11.6) id h0AGc7Q11910; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 11:38:07 -0500 Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 11:38:06 -0500 From: Rahul Siddharthan To: Kieren MacMillan Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: anyone working on a new file system metaphor? Message-ID: <20030110113806.A11901@papagena.rockefeller.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <0747734E-24B5-11D7-9116-00306572DA52@coresolutions.ca> X-Operating-System: Linux 2.4.9-12smp i686 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Kieren MacMillan wrote: > If anyone has seen Scopeware (), you'll know > the kind of thing I'm thinking of: a universal indexing system where > *any* file of *any* type in *any* location would be cross-referenced > (using metadata as well as content where possible) in one or more > "filters" or "streams". > > Is anybody working on such a fundamental change? What about this: http://m-arriaga.net/software/newdocms/ see also http://dot.kde.org/1042011702/ Not BSD-specific, but there's no reason why it should be. - Rahul To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message