On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 3:32 AM, Jason C. Wells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When will we be able to access our computerized data on the desktop with out > complete dependence on the hierarchy? Has anyone in the FOSS community > tackled this problem? What software is used? > > I am tired of hierarchies. [snip] > In a library I can access pretty much every volume in two steps. Search > the index, then go to the location of the volume and pick it from the shelf. > Their is a pattern here. The easiest systems that I use all have a > "search/index" paradigm attached to them.
The indexing system (Dewey or whatever) is a hierarchy, though it may not be obvious when the books are arrayed on a library shelf. If you want to index your files (metadata, or informative filenames, or whatever) and dump them all in one directory, go ahead. Thinking about a suitable indexing system is an exercise for the reader. (A non-trivial exercise. Library indexing systems are still a topic of research; I imagine the complexity of indexing millions of items of entirely disparate kinds of data, such as a typical computer contains, would be phenomenal.) Rahul _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
