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Re: Tiger, File Searching and MetaData

Check out this page:

<http://www.apple.com/macosx/tiger/spotlighttech.html>

No NDA required. :-)

pete

On 7/29/04 9:31 PM, "Scott Thompson" <email@hidden> wrote:

>> 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).
>
> There was a session on the WWDC schedule (which was posted at Apple's
> WWDC site) called "Using the Spotlight Framework".
>
> From this I think it is safe to surmise that Spotlight is more than
> simply a feature of the finder... it is a framework for searching and
> modifying the metadata that is stored on the system.
>
> Unfortunately, you are likely to have to wait for the Tiger
> documentation to be released for more information :-(
>
> Scott
>
> [demime 0.98b removed an attachment of type application/pkcs7-signature which
> had a name of smime.p7s]
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