[referencer] Question on the project's focus

[David Dombrowsky]

First, I think the referencer app is great. I think it fills a hole in
file management that simply does not exist anywhere else.

I personally use the app simply to organize files, specifically scans
of bills and other documents that come in through snail mail.
Referencer gives me a simple way of tagging and adding metadata to
existing files. While the app seems well suited for this, I don't
think it was written with this use case in mind. Am I correct in
assuming this? Is there something else out there better suited for
this use case?

-Dave

[Mads Chr. Olesen]

Post by David Dombrowsky
I personally use the app simply to organize files, specifically scans
of bills and other documents that come in through snail mail.
Referencer gives me a simple way of tagging and adding metadata to
existing files. While the app seems well suited for this, I don't
think it was written with this use case in mind. Am I correct in
assuming this?

Yes, Referencer is definitely oriented towards (scientific) document
management and managing bibliographies.

Post by David Dombrowsky
Is there something else out there better suited for
this use case?

There is some support for tagging files with icons in the Nautilus file
manager, but as far as I know this is purely graphical so no
searching/filtering is available. The Zeitgeist project is working
generally with harvesting/using metadata for files, but I'm much less
familiar with it.