milleniumbug / taxonomy

non-intrusive file tagging with arbitrary tag and category hierarchy

Taxonomy

This project allows to tag arbitrary files, by storing the metadata non-intrusively, that is, not inside the files, not using the filesystem capabilities, but in a separate file which you can transfer together with your collection.

This, of course, has the disadvantage of needing additional synchronization in case the files are moved outside of the program's knowledge, but allows for it being independent of file system limitations, allowing to transfer your collection to a pendrive or a phone.

For many collections, which are read more often than modified, this is an acceptable trade-off.

Structure

This project is separated into a library TaxonomyLib which the API to the tag mappings, and multiple frontends:

• TaxonomyWpf, the WPF GUI
• TaxonomyCli, the console application (planned)
• TaxonomyMobile, the mobile app in Xamarin.Forms (work in progress, currently only Android supported)

The common and portable parts are separated into the Common project

taxonomy's Issues

Console application

Search functionality

• search by tags
• search by file
• search in a directory

Android application

This project needs an Android application.
That would need making TaxonomyLib portable to Xamarin as a first step, and that needs:

• removing dependency on SHA512Managed
• replacement to PathExt.GetRelativePath function
• replacement to Path.GetFullPath function
• a way to access a SQLite database portably. Either a portable ADO.NET provider, or replacing the direct SQL queries.

Double clicking doesn't react to click on the empty spots

^ as above. The red spots are where the double click doesn't actuate, and the green ones are where it does.

HTML File Preview

...with JavaScript disabled

Host context menu for icons

Possibly helpful: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20040920-00/?p=37823/

Pressing the left/right key on the first/last file in a row should move to the last/first file of the previous/next row