xattr preservation accross OSes

[François Revol]

Hi,
last month I presented a paper at the DC-2011 conference, describing the
problem of incompatibilities in xattr implementations across OS and FS
and their preservation when moving files across, and a possible solution.


The paper is available here as PDF:
http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/dc-2011/paper/view/53

The slides are here:
http://revolf.free.fr/DCMI/2011/69-73-FR_DC2011_UXA.pdf
And a small screencast I did showing the issue:
http://revolf.free.fr/DCMI/2011/69-73-FR_DC2011_UXA_CurrentProblemDemo.ogv

I'd like to start a discussion about how we could work together with
other projects to achieve this, so please read and comment.



François.