From kfm-devel  Tue Mar 11 20:04:33 2003
From: "Michael S. Mikowski" <z_mikowski () yahoo ! com>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 20:04:33 +0000
To: kfm-devel
Subject: rdbms filesystem and kmail
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Hello, everyone:

I apologize for cross posting, but I really don't know where to turn.
I have a personal interest in the following, and some software I wish to 
provide towards the effort as a proof of concept.  This may be beyond the 
scope of this mailing list, but any pointers on where to discuss this would 
be most welcome. 

Is anyone investigating an extensible rdbms-based file system for kde or linux 
in general?  For example, this could provide a convergence of email storage 
with file storage, where each email is a distinct 'file' type, and can be 
manipulated exactly as a normal 'file'.  One would expect a rdbms file system 
would be required to provide performance similar to today's kmail.  An 
extensible rdbms based file system might also be available to store contact 
information, schedules, and other user information.

Perhaps Konqueror could be used to view _any_ of this data in a general 
fashion (as in the email example, above) and provide uniform input for such 
data as well through a simple templating system (the software I have 
illustrates this).  A uniform API might mean that a single applications could 
function on whole swathes of data types, e.g. a universal XML reader / 
creator.

One might approach this at the OS level, but that is probably unsettling and 
premature.  If, however, a system such as kde were to adopt an extensible 
rdbms available for use by its components, developers could convert to the 
new framework over time.

I can demonstrate the software mentioned above to those interested.  If you 
respond, please cc me directly, as I am not currently subscribed to the list.

Sincerely,

Michael S. Mikowski