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Sir,

I have encountered following error repeatedly,
"
Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /r4000/proj/kfs/src/linux/trunk/ on this server.
Apache/2.2.8 (Ubuntu) DAV/2 SVN/1.4.6 PHP/5.2.4-2ubuntu5.3 with Suhosin-Patch mod_ssl/2.2.8 OpenSSL/0.9.8g Server at svn.mosuma.com Port 443"

I guess the system will allow me to download only when I am in the college campus network. I shall try that today.

With Regards,
Sahil Tikale

Dear sir,

Following is a one idea we can incorporate to increase the usability of KFS as personal management system.

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BACKGROUND
Whenever a file is copied from another resource, it is generally renamed to help in identification and retrieval. Then it is stored in the location, with customized hierarchy with names of folders reflecting personal choice of arrangement of the user.

WHAT
I just had an idea of improving this task.
In K.F.S, whenever a new file is to be copied from another source, it provides the function for name change, as is the practice with the current file systems. In addition to that, we can also provide a small section about description of what the file is all about or what it means to user. Some limited byte space given for description will help the user write it then and there what the copied file means for him or her or any other reason particular that associates the file to user in a unique way.

WHY
This idea can serve as a solution to general problem of material being there but still getting lost in the heap of other material. Humans have short term memory and long term memory. Long term memory is the result of the repetetive actions. Thus we may remember some files that are in use everyday or frequently but we may not remember other resources which we may not use with such regularity. Even if we are able to locate the file, we might not be able to recall its importance or that why we had kept it in such a place. This poses a big problem when we are trying to remove data from the disk and cannot ascertain whether certain data is important or not.

ILLUSTRATION
For Eg., A researcher downloaded many files and documents to be reviewed later, for a paper he was working on. He could not read all of them, thus the paper was created and the folder containing the "to be reviewed papers" is forgotten for a long time.

Now one day when he is clearing his hard disk of all the unwanted data, he stumbles upon a fairly large document that he had downloaded to read for his paper. He could not read it, so he cannot recall as to why it is there. To ensure that he does not delete any important data by mistake, he spends sometime reading the content. He finds it interesting and important but fails to recall that it was for the paper he produced some months back, thus the file can be deleted without much harm. Since,he is confused whether to delelte it or not, to be on a safe side he does not delete it. This entire process takes a lot of time in deciding and if finally he decides not to delete, we have some megabytes of wasted space.

HOW
The above option of having a small space to describe what the file is all about will take some time while naming the file but it will help immensely in associating the personal motives and importance particular to the file. It can be a used as an extra options under the section of properties when one right clicks on the file. User can choose to use it or not. Using it will help in location files faster since search will be more accurate based on the memory association from the user and it will help in the data management in future. Besides, such association can also help some one else decide on the behalf of the user to manager data.

For eg. Many people in Asian countries with more siblings and small income group have a single computer which serves for both educational and entertainment needs of the family. If one brother or sister wants to reclaim some space, he or she can do so with confidence by ascertaining the importance of the file by reading the description attached to it, which was written by the user while creating or copying the file.

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This is an initial draft I have written, Please suggest any improvements on content or idea.
Whether is it good enough to be incorporated in the forthcoming paper ??
Please suggest

With Regard,
Sahil Tikale

Sorry, I forgot to add you to the kfs group.

Please try again, I have granted you permission.

If you encounter permission problems again, feel free to sms me and I will fix it asap.

Kuiyu

Yes, this idea is what is commonly known as meta-tagging a file/content asset. ReiserFS allows every file to be associated with various metadata fields, e.g. title, author, summary, description, classification (e.g., computers, games, sports), etc. The implementation of this is to attach at the file system level a filename.metadata.xml file with every file that has been meta-tagged. To make this truly useful, the editing of file metadata will have to be seamless, we can have something simple like:

addmetadata file.doc metadata.xml
appendmetadata file.doc metadata.xml
addmetadata file.doc "author="kuiyu chang""

You may want to jot down your ideas on the wiki section of this kfs project, and we can collectively edit it. Once an idea is mature, we should put/organize it into the paper.

Sahil Tikale wrote:

Dear sir,

Following is a one idea we can incorporate to increase the usability of KFS as personal management system.

**************************************************************************************************************
BACKGROUND
Whenever a file is copied from another resource, it is generally renamed to help in identification and retrieval. Then it is stored in the location, with customized hierarchy with names of folders reflecting personal choice of arrangement of the user.

WHAT
I just had an idea of improving this task.
In K.F.S, whenever a new file is to be copied from another source, it provides the function for name change, as is the practice with the current file systems. In addition to that, we can also provide a small section about description of what the file is all about or what it means to user. Some limited byte space given for description will help the user write it then and there what the copied file means for him or her or any other reason particular that associates the file to user in a unique way.

WHY
This idea can serve as a solution to general problem of material being there but still getting lost in the heap of other material. Humans have short term memory and long term memory. Long term memory is the result of the repetetive actions. Thus we may remember some files that are in use everyday or frequently but we may not remember other resources which we may not use with such regularity. Even if we are able to locate the file, we might not be able to recall its importance or that why we had kept it in such a place. This poses a big problem when we are trying to remove data from the disk and cannot ascertain whether certain data is important or not.

ILLUSTRATION
For Eg., A researcher downloaded many files and documents to be reviewed later, for a paper he was working on. He could not read all of them, thus the paper was created and the folder containing the "to be reviewed papers" is forgotten for a long time.

Now one day when he is clearing his hard disk of all the unwanted data, he stumbles upon a fairly large document that he had downloaded to read for his paper. He could not read it, so he cannot recall as to why it is there. To ensure that he does not delete any important data by mistake, he spends sometime reading the content. He finds it interesting and important but fails to recall that it was for the paper he produced some months back, thus the file can be deleted without much harm. Since,he is confused whether to delelte it or not, to be on a safe side he does not delete it. This entire process takes a lot of time in deciding and if finally he decides not to delete, we have some megabytes of wasted space.

HOW
The above option of having a small space to describe what the file is all about will take some time while naming the file but it will help immensely in associating the personal motives and importance particular to the file. It can be a used as an extra options under the section of properties when one right clicks on the file. User can choose to use it or not. Using it will help in location files faster since search will be more accurate based on the memory association from the user and it will help in the data management in future. Besides, such association can also help some one else decide on the behalf of the user to manager data.

For eg. Many people in Asian countries with more siblings and small income group have a single computer which serves for both educational and entertainment needs of the family. If one brother or sister wants to reclaim some space, he or she can do so with confidence by ascertaining the importance of the file by reading the description attached to it, which was written by the user while creating or copying the file.

---

This is an initial draft I have written, Please suggest any improvements on content or idea.
Whether is it good enough to be incorporated in the forthcoming paper ??
Please suggest

With Regard,
Sahil Tikale