[K12OSN] tag based filing system?

[Daniel Bodanske]

You want a document management system, not a file system. Take a look
at egroupware.org.

Dan

On 5/3/07, Krsnendu dasa <krsnendu108 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there any way to add tag based browsing (like Gmail) to linux?
>
> e.g. At our school we do thematic curriculum and often we would want to
> place one document under different headings. For example on the theme of
> water we could have a poem about water and a science experiment. We could
> file them /water/science and /water/english or we could file them as
> /science/water and english/water
> By filing with tags and using a tag browser we could browse for the folder
> using either logic.
>
> I have googled, but haven't come up with anything solid yet.
> Beagle and saved searches is not what I am after. I would like a virtual
> filing system that can be browsed based on tags. Subdirectories would show
> other tags connected with files that have the first tag. An example would be
> simpler.
> My (simple) system has three files and several tags.
> Water poem.odf - tag:water, english, poem, ice
> Water experiment 1.odf tag: water, science, chemistry,experiment, freezing,
> ice
> Water experiment 2.odf tag:water, science, chemistry, experiment, dissolving
>
> If we open the water directory we get all the documents, with all the other
> tags listed as sub-directories.
> If we go to the science sub-directory we will see both experiments listed.
> with chemistry, experiment, freezing,ice and dissolving shown as
> subdirectories.
> If we go back to the water directory and open the ice directory we will see
> Water poem and Experiment 1.
> Or something along these lines.
>
> This will be useful for indivual users filing and also for the shared file
> storage area where all teachers put there lesson plans and resources.
>
> Does anyone know of any system that can do this on our K12LTSP 6 system?
>
> Thanks.
> Krsnendu dasa
>
>
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