[cad-linux-dev] Re: Base directory format identifier
- From: Bruno Postle <bruno@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: CAD linux development <cad-linux-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 12:07:36 +0100
On Thu 26-Aug-2004 at 18:18 -0500, Eric Wilhelm wrote:
>
> > What should the global directory identifier file be called?
>
> >- DIRTYPE
>
> Works for me. Maybe "DIRTYPE.yml", with the extension optional?
That's assuming it is a YAML file. It could be as simple as having
the version on the first line and a URI on the second:
rhizopod 5.6
http://www.example.com/dirtype/rhizopod/5.6/
> Is this somehow then becoming part of the "ocean" spec? I'm not
> sure that it has to stay exactly like this forever.
I'm thinking beyond that, it should be useful for other
directory-based formats such as photo albums and music collections.
> Here's a good one for you, when does "file my_hub/" start to return
> my_hub/: rhizopod database Version 5.6
> instead of
> my_hub/: directory
It would be cool if nautilus and konqueror did the same.
--
Bruno
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