[Tracker] Semantic Desktop for Gnome

[אנטולי קרס נר <tombackton gmail com>]

Hello Tracker team,

I'd like to discuss an issue with you, related to Semantic Desktop.

I'm working on a desktop app, basically a task/project manager, with
semantic desktop capabilities. The tasks can be marked with tags, and
tags are created in a tag-graph and have semantic meaning. For example,
a tag holding the name of a software package allows click-to-install,
company names may allow go-to-website by clicking.

And there are many other awesome examples, like automating the creation
of shopping lists using recipes you choose as tasks.

The issue is, this technology does its best when all apps integrate.
Clearly there should be a desktop-wide system for semantic data storage,
but Gnome doesn't have one yet. So I decided to start planning, using
the requirements and use cases I have.

Instead of re-inventing the wheel, I looked for existing similar
technology. And I found you.

Do you think I can use a possibly augmented tracker-based data store
as a general purpose desktop-wide data storage interface, for all apps
to use? Clearly there should be a unified interface, and if Tracker
already has useful parts implemented, much work can be saved by using
existing tools you wrote.

Looking forward to hearing your opinion,

Anatoly



(By the way... do you look for developers? Students for part-time job?)