Hierarchical-keyword-based naming scheme and file sharing based on it

摘要

In file systems, hierarchical naming is generally used. We are studying another naming scheme, called hierarchical-keyword-based naming. In hierarchical-keyword-based naming, a file is named by a set of keywords and keywords are organized hierarchically. In this paper, we discuss file sharing in hierarchical-keyword-based naming. In the case that multiple users share files, it is inconvenient to share a global name space because file organization by users is somewhat restricted in some degree. It is more desirable for users to have their own name spaces, and integrate them for file sharing We show hierarchical-keyword-based naming is more suitable for this purpose than usual hierarchical naming. We also describe how to implement integration of name spaces in our prototype of filename management system.