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Tiger, File Searching and MetaData

Not meaning to ask people to break their NDA with Apple, but as a future developer for Tiger I am very interested in the metadata search engine (Spotlight that is).
I didn't get to go to the WWDC myself and as such I don't have Tiger - however my friend does and I've seen it in action - it is truly a marvel.
I'm very interested in how the metadata is stored (search-kit index perhaps?) and where it is stored. Because I want to be able to read in the index and search through it - Yes I realize that the Finder and Spotlight already can do this for me (and the user).
However I want to create a context sensitive live search...
Such as when the user clicks on a tab it gives related information about the contents of the tab on the user's hard drive.
To do this I would have to be able to search the entire hard drives meta-data index (and the indices contents as well).

I'm hoping that Apple has exposed this ability in Tiger to more than just Spotlight and the Finder;
I could see truly amazing applications with this ability.

Once again I don't expect anyone to reply with NDA material - however I would like any (and as much) non-NDA information as possible (even if its simply a hint from a apple guy about if it is or will be possible in Tiger).


Thanks,
Lee
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