Re: categorical file system

[Ben Martin <monkeyiq users sourceforge net>]

On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 19:58, JP Bernardy wrote:
> Hello,
>  
> I'm wondering if anyone is working on a module for some sort of
> a "categorical file system" ?
>  
> I'm thinking of something in the vein of newdocms 
> (http://m-arriaga.net/software/newdocms/), but somehow embedded
> in a hierarchical view.
>  
> To be more concrete:
>  
> /path-to-document-db#cfs/doctype=letter/author=Bob
> would lead to a folder where I could find all letters by Bob.
> Since it might be quite a lot of files, the system would present me
> with subfolders
> with relevant subcategories (i.e. recipient=Alice, recipient=Charles,
> subject=..., etc.) 

This is sort of available in the attribute index of libferris. Though
the subfolders would be part of a Formal Concept Analysis view.
http://witme.sourceforge.net/libferris.web/

>  
> Of course, I could start with 
> /path-to-document-db#cfs/author=Bob
> Among subfolders, there would be "doctype=letter".
>  
> Does something already exist with that functionality? 
> Is someone working on it?
>  
> If not, I might start hacking such a thing...

I recall uttering those famous last words, a few years back if my
Changelog serves me correctly ;)

>  
> Cheers,
> JP.
>  
>