RE: [xml-dev] Meta-somethingorother (was the semantic web mega-permathread thing)

> I wonder how winFS will extract the meta-data from the data (i.e. the
> files) and what kind of algorithm it will use. Will it be an automated


Most of your files already have metadata.  Right-click on any movie,
picture, word processing, or other similar file.  Select "properties".
You will be able to access a boatload of metadata like "author", "time
recorded", "last update".