File origin metadata

[Claes at work]

On 6/29/06, Jamie McCracken <jamiemcc at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> yes that stuff is called contextual metadata and is being integrated
> into Tracker(1). It does not relate to just "origin" as such because
> there are other contextual links like attaching a file to an email (IE
> the opposite of what you suggested above) or embedding an image file in
> a document.
>
> I have not thought of exposing them as metadata attributes yet but
> "File.Origin" sounds plausible. ("File.Attachments" might be another)
>
> (1) http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/Tracker
>

Yesterday I did some Google research to what extended attributes are
in current use (the list was surprisingly short). I will write this up
on the wiki later, together with new suggestions.

Claes