Towards Ontology-based Semantic File Systems

Semantic file systems enhance standard file systems with the ability of file searching based on file semantics. The users interact with semantic file systems not only by browsing a hierarchy of directories but also by querying as information retrieval systems usually do. In this paper, we argue for a new file system paradigm, the semantic file system. We identify the issues in designing a semantic file system and propose an ontology- based solution for these issues.