on 2012-09-26 13:36 John Sessoms wrote
Someone mentioned "the tyranny of physical hierarchies", which I think gets it just backwards. The physical hierarchies allow me to be the boss over the software. My photos are where I want them to be; where I told the computer to put them.
as has been noted, the file system is not physical, it's just a different kind of database; yes, a little less likely to blow up, but also much more limiting
i see the key question as one of interchange — if LR blows up, or Adobe becomes owned by Robert Mugabe's successors, or if something really great comes along that i'd much rather use, how to do i transfer my organizational info out of Lightroom?
i'd like to think the answer is in exif/iptc/sidecar files, but i haven't followed through fully yet; i do know i've outlived one cataloging system where i stored a lot of metadata (iView Media Pro) so i think it's likely i'll outlive another
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