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Re: "a file system is a good model for locating documents and services"

> Copy of New Folder(1)

> Copy of Copy of New Folder(2)

> ... repeated ad nauseam all over the system tree.

Long, long ago I had the idea to write a Windows 'add-in' of some description that would allow administrators to define regular expression rules that would be enforced on file system directories. So if you had a policy that files in the "accounts" directory must start with a 3 letter abbreviation of the department name, followed by the year, followed by 3 initials of the author, or whatever, then you could define a rule and filenames that didn't match wouldn't be allowed to be saved.

You might get a lot of support calls form people saying "my file won't save", but at least you would know who the dimwits needing a bit of assistance from a 4"x2" clue-stick were.

I never did enough Windows programming to become sufficiently proficient and it got forgotten about when the Web and document management systems became a bandwagon.

However, now you know, so if anyone fancies giving it a go...

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