Re: [microsound] sample organization [possibly ot]

[Alex Young <alex@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've been thinking about this too for a long time, and while future 
developments
in semantic filesystems may solve all of these issues for you at the 
operating
system level, I think current research in semantic web technology might 
be useful:

I've had the idea that I could model my sample library with RDF and 
metadata,
with something like webdav to access it.  When you add files the system 
would attempt
to generate as much metadata for you as possible, but there'd have to 
be some
mechanism of adding it yourself too (like for notes on how you 
generated samples,
or where you recorded them.)

Using webdav would mean I could access it over my network with Linux, 
Mac OS or
Windows.  I'm sure someone must be developing something like this, 
though.

There's also Storage for GNOME, which you may find interesting:

http://www.gnome.org/~seth/storage/

The method I use to organise my samples is to have a simple 
hierarchical structure,
and then text files with more information in.  I keep these notes on an 
Internet-accessible
server just in case I want to add notes when I'm at work.  I also scan 
articles from old
magazines that I don't really need anymore, just in case.  So now I 
have an unwieldy
archive of PDFs from Dr Dobbs, Sound on Sound, and various IT journals 
as well...!

If you want to do more research I suggest searching for 'semantic file 
systems' and
'semantic web standards' and so on.

On 30 Sep 2004, at 08:19, Sean Whalen wrote:
> microsounders --
>
> what methods do you use to organize your sample libraries?  i am in 
> dire
> need of re-organization, and would like something like the
> tag&rename/itunes combo i have for mp3's where:
>
> 1) names can be derived directory structure or metadata
> 2) samples can be browsed by metadata
> 3) metadata can be embedded in the file
> 4) no proprietary formats are necessary
>
> except i need this for pcm files (.wav or otherwise).  concerns i have
> are application portability, sample compatibility, and flexibility (ie,
> how do you deal with apps which reference filenames instead of 
> embedding
> samples, where such a reorganization will prevent loading old songs?).
>
> googling hasn't proved fruitful, and i'm afraid a lack of foresight 
> will
> cause major headaches down the road.

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homepage: http://alexyoung.org
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