Posted by: Administrator
on June 21, 2005 03:41 AM
Agreement difficulties are not an issue: extended attributes are already a standard part of the kernel and many filesystems. The problem is application support.
I agree that smart searches will be a future focus, but smart searches require a meta-data tagging system. Look at how Apple uses extended attributes to vastly improve the efficacy of their spotlight search system. FYI, the Beagle desktop search system for GNOME requires that extended attributes be enabled.
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Posted by: Administrator on June 21, 2005 03:41 AMI agree that smart searches will be a future focus, but smart searches require a meta-data tagging system. Look at how Apple uses extended attributes to vastly improve the efficacy of their spotlight search system. FYI, the Beagle desktop search system for GNOME requires that extended attributes be enabled.
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