posted on Friday, January 30, 2004 6:45 AM
by
demiliani
WinFS: Microsoft's Data Management Vision
An article on Tom's Hardware gives insight in to Windows Future Storage services, an indexing subsystem of sorts, contained in the next version of Windows dubbed Longhorn.
WinFS, which is based on a relational database, will refine file and data management for the Windows platform. In short, "WinFS mirrors folders and files, enabling it to speed up searches and retrieval of these data based on suitable XML parameters and, above all, according to variable criteria" {T's H: NTFS Holds ...}.
The article's headings are as follows:
- NTFS Holds On Into Longhorn
- Cross-Format File Administration
- XML Metadata Take On The Clipboard
- WinFS Inside
- Data Tags: XML Schemes
- WinFS Services
- Virtual Folders