From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hans Reiser Subject: Re: labels like those in gmail Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 17:53:07 -0700 Message-ID: <4140FAF3.1000805@namesys.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: bedros@computer.org Cc: reiserfs-list@namesys.com, Peter Foldiak I think that simple file and directory syntax provides what you need. Just keep in mind that in reiser4, storing labels in files is effective to do. Hans Bedros Hanounik wrote: >I use reiserfs but not familiar with the technical details. I'm >wondering if it's possible to use meta tags in reiser4 fs to add >labels to files. > >for example, I could have labels: photo, work, personal, vacation.... > >then a jpg file from work would have the labels photo and work. > >it allows searching my files easier. no need to create different >directories for different subjects. All files are in the same >directory and I could browse them using labels. > >another advantage is that many files may fall in two categories and >rather than have multiple copies one in each category, I just apply >multiple labels for a single copy of the file. > >if the answer is yes, does it require a core change to reiserfs or can >be a plugin. > >another question, is the meta tag structure is xml? should it be? XML >documents waste a lot of space and require more cpu cycles to process, >but they are extensible and I hope reiser4 tags are also extensible > >Thanks, > > >-Bedros > >btw, awesome work hans and all reiserfs developers. > > > >