[Digikam-users] Storing tags in Akonadi?

[Dotan Cohen]

2008/9/4 Colin Guthrie <gmane at colin.guthr.ie>:
> Dotan Cohen wrote:
>> After 0.10 is out the door, would it be wise to consider storing tags
>> in Akonadi? If the tags were stored in Akonadi, then they could
>> integrate with Kontact, no? An example usage would be that I am
>> looking at pictures of Kristina in Digikam, and I want to email her.
>> Or, I am in Kontact looking at Paul's data, and I pull up pictures of
>> him. This might also help lead to integration between Digikam and
>> other KDE photo applications, such as KPhotoAlbum. As Akonadi is not
>> KDE-specific, even F-Spot could then adopt Akonadi integration.
>>
>> Let me know everyone's thoughts on the matter. Thanks!
>
> I'm am very interested in Akonadi, and have brought this subject up
> several times over the last year.
>
> I am considering Akonadi as a framework for the whole issue of
> synchronising content to online services such as Facebook, Gallery,
> Flickr, Picassa etc.
>
> Last time I mentioned it, the discussion fizzled out.
>
> I spoke with the Akondi devs last year at Akonadi and using it for PIM
> _media_ data did seem like a legitimate use to them, albeit not one they
> were concentrating on currently.
>
> I also think it would be a good infrastructure for Amarok with it's
> services infrastructure but that's beside the point. I did discuss
> briefly with an Amarok dev about this too.
>
> All in all I've had very little time to follow this up, but I think a
> digikam built on top of Akonadi could be very powerful.
>
> It does require significant re-engineering tho', and it certainly wont
> be something that happens in the short term.
>
> For me, a Nepomuk search that can be tied into an Akonadi layer would
> provide the "local" data needed to run digikam. Adding other services
> (like you do email accounts in a mail app) for Facebook and friends
> could allow the Digikam UI to display images from local and remote
> sources seemlessly. And obviously the sync layer would sit on top of that.
>
> I'm just rambling now as I'm excited that someone else thinks this may
> be a good route! Sadly I've not found the time to concentrate on this
> and write more about it/research it etc.
>
> Col
>

Actually, I agree with Gilles regarding the confusion between Akonadi
and Nepumuk. Furthermore, I agree that using an untested technology
may not be in Digikam's best interest. Maybe we should wait a year for
the code to mature.

-- 
Dotan Cohen

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