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I still want a filesystem that can do both. I want to have regular folders, and then folders that I can issue a SQL style query to generate their contents. Ta
by asciimov 5y ago
I still want a filesystem that can do both.
I want to have regular folders, and then folders that I can issue a SQL style query to generate their contents.
Take multimedia. With a traditional file system you can only have one type of sort. Typically by type (audio, video, image) and then alphabetically. It would often be nice to have a folder that is formed by querying the metadata, say all the items released in the 1950's, or all the items that are a low quality copy.
- fishtacos 5y agoMS tried it [0] and failed. It was not easy. This was in the days of Whistler, Blackcomb and Longhorn and always an interesting read if you've the time. [1] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinFS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinFS [1] https://hal2020.com/2013/03/10/winfs-integratedunified-storage-and-microsoft-part-4/ https://hal2020.com/2013/03/10/winfs-integratedunified-stora...
- snowwrestler 5y agoApple did it and succeeded? In MacOS you can use tags and/or folders to organize files, and there is an OS-wide search index (Spotlight).
- nexuist 5y agoWinFS was meant to be far more sophisticated than that. It's more like Salesforce for your file system.