NorthWestWind to Showerthoughts · 1 day agoA file path is called a "path" because the file system is a tree which is a graphmessage-squaremessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up176arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up171arrow-down1message-squareA file path is called a "path" because the file system is a tree which is a graphNorthWestWind to Showerthoughts · 1 day agomessage-square18linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarewhalerosscakelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 hours agoI’ve talked before about my old idea about a tag based file system but it is purely theoretical yet afaik. Basically it is an object database where it doesn’t matter how you order the relevant tags. /a/b/file and /b/a/file are the same thing.
minus-squarejustaman123linkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 hours agoSee the Wikipedia link in another comment about semantic filing systems seems like it is real.
minus-squarewhalerosscakelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 hours agoThanks! Starting in around 2004, a new wave of implementations centered on manual tagging of files and folders. Wow, this was about the time I came up with the idea. Then again it was the time of blogs and tag clouds, so…
I’ve talked before about my old idea about a tag based file system but it is purely theoretical yet afaik. Basically it is an object database where it doesn’t matter how you order the relevant tags. /a/b/file and /b/a/file are the same thing.
See the Wikipedia link in another comment about semantic filing systems seems like it is real.
Thanks!
Wow, this was about the time I came up with the idea. Then again it was the time of blogs and tag clouds, so…