Vista - Alternatives until WinFS is released?

I'm looking for alternatives to use for organizing my files until WinFS
is released. Until now I've flip-flopped between organizing based on
categories and file types.

I wrote a PHP/mySQL script to organize my bookmarks in the way that I
would now like to organize my files; each bookmark is associated with
all categories that it fits into and bookmarks can be found by matching
one or more categories. This helps in any case where I might forget
what category first came to mind when storing the file since I can
usually remember at least one of them.

I'd like to organize my files in the same manner. From what I
understand, WinFS will make file storage similar to this but I would
like to have something to use now. Is there anything out there today
that is similar? I'm tempted to begin working on my own application
but I fear by the time I have it completed WinFS will be released and
all the work will go to waste.

Thanks

Dave

You may want to look into Microsoft Or Google Desktop search, but i dont
think they provide tagging functioanlity like you want. Also, there would be
no guarentee these tags would be winfs compatible, so you would be doubling
your work. IF winfs beta 2 is comming out soon, and releast early next year,
i think it might be worth the wait, and not worth the time of doing things to
your file system at this time.




"davidd31415" wrote:

> I'm looking for alternatives to use for organizing my files until WinFS
> is released. Until now I've flip-flopped between organizing based on
> categories and file types.
>
> I wrote a PHP/mySQL script to organize my bookmarks in the way that I
> would now like to organize my files; each bookmark is associated with
> all categories that it fits into and bookmarks can be found by matching
> one or more categories. This helps in any case where I might forget
> what category first came to mind when storing the file since I can
> usually remember at least one of them.
>
> I'd like to organize my files in the same manner. From what I
> understand, WinFS will make file storage similar to this but I would
> like to have something to use now. Is there anything out there today
> that is similar? I'm tempted to begin working on my own application
> but I fear by the time I have it completed WinFS will be released and
> all the work will go to waste.
>
> Thanks
>
> Dave
>
>

You can add tagging to Windows Desktop Search on XP / 2003 by installing
PHLAT interface from Microsoft Research.

IL Thomas
GeoSciSoft - Perth, Australia

"Jonathan" <Jonathan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:406BF287-40DD-4E87-B005-B54DCF7B4F32@microsoft.com...
> You may want to look into Microsoft Or Google Desktop search, but i dont
> think they provide tagging functioanlity like you want. Also, there would
> be
> no guarentee these tags would be winfs compatible, so you would be
> doubling
> your work. IF winfs beta 2 is comming out soon, and releast early next
> year,
> i think it might be worth the wait, and not worth the time of doing things
> to
> your file system at this time.
>
>
>
>
> "davidd31415" wrote:
>
>> I'm looking for alternatives to use for organizing my files until WinFS
>> is released. Until now I've flip-flopped between organizing based on
>> categories and file types.
>>
>> I wrote a PHP/mySQL script to organize my bookmarks in the way that I
>> would now like to organize my files; each bookmark is associated with
>> all categories that it fits into and bookmarks can be found by matching
>> one or more categories. This helps in any case where I might forget
>> what category first came to mind when storing the file since I can
>> usually remember at least one of them.
>>
>> I'd like to organize my files in the same manner. From what I
>> understand, WinFS will make file storage similar to this but I would
>> like to have something to use now. Is there anything out there today
>> that is similar? I'm tempted to begin working on my own application
>> but I fear by the time I have it completed WinFS will be released and
>> all the work will go to waste.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>