A File Naming Scheme Using Hierarchical-Keywords

In this paper, we propose a file naming scheme, called HK (Hierarchical-Keyword-based) naming. In file systems, hierarchical naming has been used for these several decades. As the number of files stored in file systems increases, the weakness of hierarchical naming is getting recognized. Some researchers have proposed hybrid naming schemes which introduce attribute-based naming into hierarchical naming. However, they are unsatisfactory or too complicated. HK naming is a hybrid naming scheme which integrates hierarchical naming and attribute-based naming in a simple way. In HK naming, a file is named by a set of keywords and keywords are organized hierarchically. We point out the usefulness of HK naming by showing that it can solve problems which occur in practical usage of large file systems.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2002
• Where: COMPSAC
• Authors: Harumasa Tada, Osamu Honda, Masahiro Higuchi
• Keywords: COMPSAC 2002, Hierarchical Naming, Hybrid Naming Scheme, Naming Scheme, Software Engineering