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User interaction with computers is centred on the file system and most user information is organised, retrieved, managed and shared via files. While the last two decades have seen major changes in tools to visualise and navigate file systems, the fundamental concepts in terms of structure and purpose have remained unchanged:Basically , file systems are still single-user, single-location and single-structure.
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Rivera, G., Norrie, M.C. (2002). A Database Approach to Global Document Spaces: Replacing Files with Shared, Connected Objects. In: Meersman, R., Tari, Z. (eds) On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems 2002: CoopIS, DOA, and ODBASE. OTM 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2519. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36124-3_34
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