I have thought about file tagging for over a decade, before setting out to write the article. But a timeline-oriented file organization only came to my awarenes

I have thought about file tagging for over a decade, before setting out to write the article. But a timeline-oriented file organization only came to my awareness near the end of writing the first draft. A year has passed since I wrote the article, and the idea of timeline presentation has grown on me a lot. Especially because I use numerous data systems daily that are already time-oriented: Every chat program, email, Twitter, Facebook personal profile timeline, the "recent documents" view in major popular applications like Microsoft Office or Adobe Reader. You should find this blurb in my article helpful: > The Lifestreams Software Architecture http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/freeman/dissertation/etf.pdf http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/freeman/dissertation/etf.pdf (185 pages) > Comprehensively designs and tests a system for workflow and archival, based on chronological presentation plus keyword and attribute filtering. Thanks for your compliments on the thoroughness of my exposition. I did a lot of research and thinking as preparation for writing. I wanted to see how other people viewed the problem of file organization and what kind of solutions they proposed. I wanted to find weaknesses in my arguments and to avoid repeating unnecessary work, and of course I wanted to move toward the best solution.