GNOME Storage was a project to replace the traditional
file system with a new
document
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store. Storage was part of a larger design for a new
desktop environment
In computing, a desktop environment (DE) is an implementation of the desktop metaphor made of a bundle of programs running on top of a computer operating system that share a common graphical user interface (GUI), sometimes described as a graphica ...
that was still under development. The current implementation includes natural language access and
network
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Science and technology
* Network theory, the study of graphs as a representation of relations between discrete objects
* Network science, an academic field that studies complex networks
Mathematics ...
transparency.
Storage is no longer being developed; its CVS tree has not been changed for several years. Since the introduction of Storage,
desktop search
Desktop search tools search within a user's own computer files as opposed to searching the Internet. These tools are designed to find information on the user's PC, including web browser history, e-mail archives, text documents, sound files, images ...
came to prominence, and now GNOME desktop search projects (
Beagle
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, also defunct, as well as
Tracker, formerly MetaTracker) have largely supplanted the need for Storage.
See also
*
WinFS
WinFS (short for Windows Future Storage) was the code name for a canceled data storage and management system project based on relational databases, developed by Microsoft and first demonstrated in 2003 as an advanced storage subsystem for the Micro ...
, a
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at the Microsoft Redmond campus located in Redmond, Washin ...
project with similar goals
External links
GNOME Storage Homepage
GNOME
Storage software
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