And certainly, I donât know all the ramifications of the proposed system if it gets implemented, on aspects ranging from security to sharing to networks. I know that my proposed file organization scheme might have issues with conceptual and computational complexity, be too general or not expressive enough, or fail to offer a useful feature. I know I havenât read about or tested every alternative file system out there. For example, I might have missed helpful features of traditional HFSes. I welcome any feedback about anything written here, especially regarding errors, omissions, and alternatives. Finally, I present some open questions on aspects of the proposal where Iâm unsure of the right answer. Then I describe a step-by-step model, starting from basic primitives, of a proposed file organization system that includes a number of desirable features by design. I begin by illustrating how hierarchies fall short on real-life problems, and how existing alternative systems like Git and Danbooru bypass HFS problems to deliver a better user experience. This article is more of a brainstorm than a prescriptive formula. I wish to solicit public feedback on these ideas, and end up with a design plan that I can implement to solve the problems I already have today. But fundamentally, there is a mismatch between the narrowness of hierarchies and the rich structure of human knowledge, and the proposed system will not presuppose the features of HFSes.
Life would be easier if I could tolerate the limitations of hierarchical organization, or at least if the new proposal can fit on top of existing HFSes.
I struggled with file organization for just over a decade before finally writing this article to describe problems and solutions. Speaking personally, Iâm fed up with HFSes, on Windows, Linux, and online storage alike. I propose a new way of organizing files based on tagging, and describe the features and consequences of this method in detail. At the same time, I used some other information systems not based on hierarchical path names, and they turned out to solve a number of problems. But applying this standard hierarchical model to my own files, I began to notice shortcomings of this paradigm over the years. Designing better file organization around tags, not hierarchies IntroductionĬomputer users organize their files into folders because that is the primary tool offered by operating systems.
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