[Sugar-devel] User workflow sharing "Journal Entries" over USB sticks

[K. K. Subramaniam]

On Thursday 12 November 2009 08:36:58 pm Bert Freudenberg wrote:
> IMHO separating the meta-data from the file itself is a good idea. Having
>  one database at the root of the stick is just too fragile. Better store
>  meta data next to the file in question, like myimage.jpg and
>  myimage.journalentry?
Keeping meta-data in the same directory (folder) is the way to go. Of course, 
the meta-data has to be a hidden file.

FWIW, www.freedesktop.org contains a bunch of  "standards" (really 
conventions) for handling meta-data.

Subbu