From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mat Subject: Re: reiser4 inclusion? Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 23:52:27 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <542E227E-E31D-496C-93FB-19393133297F@MailNewsRSS.com> <200904250153.33258.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> <2E9381E6-A09A-4330-9A61-C4B7D7CE0E71@MailNewsRSS.com> <49F2CF9A.1060202@inn.nl> <49F2D43F.90105@ontolab.com> <8c113a260904250416n28fbdacs682ef8e6859b7dbf@mail.gmail.com> <49F339A2.9080705@ontolab.com> <8c113a260904251204u41f90028n975006634ed99e59@mail.gmail.com> <49F36F4E.3000906@ontolab.com> <8c113a260904251404m51bb4f1fo9267fe72ddad2c54@mail.gmail.com> <49F39A39.6040401@ontolab.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Sender: reiserfs-devel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: reiserfs-devel@vger.kernel.org Christian Stroetmann OntoLab ontolab.com> writes: > > Dear Alli; > > On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 10:15 PM, Christian Stroetmann OntoLab > > ontolab.com> wrote: > > > >> Dear Alli, > >> > >>> Well, as you noted at the end of your reply, it is polite to reply to > >>> answers. Maybe you can be the one to start. > >>> > >>> > >> What am I doing since months? > >> Hi guys, as an outsider let me try to explain what "OntoFS" is all about (from what I understood): what Christian with OntoLab and other companies or organizations are doing here is basic research and putting that research to practice: "OntoFS" shall become a kind of versioning file system (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Versioning_file_system) based on reiser4 (or another filesystem if it's not possible to use it). This in some way follows Hans' vision of developing a filesystem in which everything is a file and whose life can be tracked (to simplify it really roughly). On the other hand it shall also become an "ontological" filesystem (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontology_%28information_science%29) with which files can be managed directly on the filesystem level. If I recall correctly another of Hans' visions was to use reiser4 as kind of database-filesystem which more and more today could become reality in association with ontology and the so-called semantic Web or (on a simpler level) semantic desktop (?) (see kde 4). In this regard reiser4' plugin architecture should be really helpful in order to add more and more functionality. DISCLAIMER: I'm not affiliated with ontolab and as an outsider my description doesn't necessarily have to describe the status or intentions of "OntoFS" accurately for more information have a look at: * https://picoforge.int-evry.fr/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Ontofs/Web/OntofsIntro (you can use translate.google.com to translate it into english from vietnamese) * http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~syrah/pass/ * and the corresponding wikipedia entries about ontology, semantic web, etc. Greetings Mat