Current problem with Nepomuk / Contour, possible solution: "Fetch"

[Sebastian Trüg]

If you do this, have a look into kparts and how download metadata is
stored there using Nepomuk.

Please do not use tags as in nao:hasTag!

Cheers,
Sebastian

On 11/09/2011 10:11 PM, Joseph Anania wrote:
> The problem is that for Contour to be more usefull it needs access to
> more information, currently it gets most of it's information by file
> scans(that don't have contextual information).  The idea is to automate
> contextual data from a download manager.  The creation of a single
> download manager, that has it's own dbus api, and allows any app to take
> avantage of complex file tagging in nepomuk without having to code as
> much.  Plasma Active should use this as the only way to fetch files from
> the internet and automatically tag them.  An example of a use is a
> webrowser tells fetch to download a file, it also passes the URL of the
> current page, this is used to automatically tag the file after it's
> completion and also fetch downloads the html file of the websites and
> can add the meta tags to the file that is downloaded.  It should also
> tag timestamps and activity information and any other contextual
> information like GPS coordinates or network you used to download. This
> means contour could know what websites you download from, on which
> activity at what time and at what place so it can give much better
> recommendations all without the user or appdevs needing to do much.  All
> the files you acquire from the device will have a wealth of information
> attached to them. 
> 
> This active app could also have plugins to allow it to download
> torrents, and other protocols.  It should be based off of Kget.  The
> dbus api should allow for a new download, what type of download (IE
> background download task, user requested download).  This could allow
> for multiple interfaces and implementations such as an internal download
> progress view inside an app as well as the full feature active app
> implementation.  It should also allow for pausing, canceling and
> starting downloads as well as listing all open downloads.
> 
> 
> When complete the average user could get better recommendations from
> contour, quick downloads and a full featured download manager.  They
> also will be able to search files by location, activity and
> application.  So searching videos I downloaded at work, might actually
> give you results without you having to geotag every file you download. 
> All you would need to do is associate an network or gps coordinate with
> work and you are there.  Automating mundane tasks and improving search,
> contextual data and recommendations seems to be exactly what contour
> needs. 
> 
> 
> 
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