alt Hacker NewsThis is exactly why I cannot get on board with tagging. Without a universal standard, I am one deprecated app away from losing my time investment.
This is exactly why I cannot get on board with tagging. Without a universal standard, I am one deprecated app away from losing my time investment.
> Without a universal standard
The universal standard is Dublin Core (IETF RFC 2413 / ISO 15836) `dc:subject` “Unordered array of Text” stored in an XMP (ISO 16684) sidecar file:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_Core#Dublin_Core_Metada...
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Metadata_Platform
I like to put the DC stuff directly in my filesystem xattrs, but using a sidecar file will get you compatibility with any old filesystem and with any tooling that might destroy or disregard an xattr.