[mnzaki]

Same here, I want something similar to manage my photo collection. The current implementation actually can have plugins that act on specific file types, so automatic tags are just a few lines of code away.

But then what advantage would this system have over a dedicated media manager or the several semantic desktop projects? The only advantage I see is allowing traditional tools (unix utilities, conventional file managers, even 'open file' popups) to take advantage of the system without any extra effort on their side. Though wouldn't dedicated tools, say a full blown semantic desktop, allow for much better integration and usability?

[masterzora]

That really depends on the use case, I guess. For me, the use case is that I've got a media server in my living room and, in addition to being hooked up to my TV, it also has a Samba share set up so that anyone in my apartment can watch/listen/look at/read/view anything anywhere in the apartment. In this case, it certainly would be possible to have every computer set up with a semantic desktop setup, but I'm still trying to keep my Eee minimal and visitors wouldn't necessarily be set up with the semantic desktop tools.

Maybe this implies ground for a semantic server, but I'm inclined to think that Samba (or your favourite mostly-transparent sharing protocol) on top of a tag-based system is actually a good and way to accomplish this particular use case.

[wnoise]

> The only advantage I see is allowing traditional tools (unix utilities, conventional file managers, even 'open file' popups) to take advantage of the system without any extra effort on their side.

That's a pretty big advantage.