[ge-talk] 'expiration' attribute

[Kevin Field]

> > I just had an idea, I'm not sure if it's been brought up before (sorry if so)--it
> > would be really great if one could define an expiry date (or a relative expiry
> > date, e.g., "seven years after last modification") for files and folders, to make
> > it easier to clean up/review/throw out one's files.  [...]
> 
> Nice idea.  This ties in with having a standard set of attribute names and
> meanings.  Perhaps something like the Dublin core http://dublincore.org/ to
> start with - good for tagging things for searching.

Thanks.  Nice link, I'd never heard of them.  My initial, completely uninformed impression is that Dublin would be a good place to steal ideas from, but it seems a bit over-the-top for Haiku.  Very much an opinion though, I'd definitely like to hear more about how this could work.
 
> So what else would be useful?  Thumbnail graphics, keywords, importance to
> the user (if this file was lost, how much would it cost to replace?).  User
> notes and annotation, etc, etc.  So when someone gets around to making a
> standard list of attributes, remember to mention your expiry date idea!

Importance is a pretty cool one.  Then if you had to do some emergency data collection because you didn't have a backup, or your backup failed at the same time as your primary, or whatever, the focus could easily be on the more important data first.

BTW, is there an official 'this is the status of each idea' spot for GE yet?  I remember talk of this a while ago.  I'm also working on a fairly large IS and have been collecting ideas for it, since I get to write it from scratch, but found it really handy to have a sort of "Royal Decrees" blog for all the major decisions I came to.  Then comments can ensue, and if need be, the main post about the idea can be changed to reflect the current consensus or direction.

> P.S. The ones I use at the moment are "note" and "META:url" for downloaded files.

That's handy.  I don't think I use any extras besides what's built-in, myself.  I'd definitely have one for how much I like certain songs and for grouping their mood and volume, if I had time to set it up and manage it.

Kev