[Nepomuk] Re: Experience and wihses for Nepomuk

[Thomas Thym]

Thanks for your answer. Good to know that you are already working on that challenging tasks.

Cheers,
Thomas


> On 05/08/2011 01:22 PM, Thomas Thym wrote:
> > Dear Nepomuk-developers
> > 
> > I am a big fan of Nepomuk and see the huge potential it has. During my
> > promotional work for KDE at various locations I have heard the following
> > two proposals. From my own experiences in a business environment I can
> > underline those two wishes.
> > 
> > 1. Tagging / commenting / rating files in the save dialogs:
> > It would make the use of Neponmuk features (esp. tagging, rating and
> > commenting) much easier if it was integrated in the standard "save"
> > dialog. The whole process of using those features would be much simpler.
> > (I myself am to lazy to tag many files with Dolphin after they are
> > saved, but I think I would tag them when I enter the filename.)
> 
> I fully agree. It was even already started in GSoC 2009. Sadly we never
> got it to a point where it was stable and usable enough. But the plan is
> there.
> 
> > 2. Distributed/shared tags on networks:
> > In business environments we mainly work with network storage. When I am
> > right, mounted network drives could be tagged as well. But only locally.
> > My co-workers can not see my tags and vice verse. It would be a blast
> > (or in promo language "a great selling point") to "share" the
> > tags/comments so my co-workers can use and edit them, too. When I search
> > a document or some information I am not always looking for my own files.
> 
> This is much trickier but also on the todo already. The first step will
> be sharing of stuff. Then tags for example will be in both systems.
> Then the idea is to allow other people to query some of the information
> on your system and to allow them to read it.
> But the groupware approach which stores information on a server is
> another question and much harder to integrate with the existing solutions.
> 
> Nonetheless the goal is there. :)
> 
> > Randa is approaching and perhaps you can include that two points into
> > your discussions.
> > 
> > Thanks for reading and your work on Nepomuk!
> 
> thank you for your input.