> > 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".
>
> That's it, not more than that? Gee I expected more like, for instance,
> unifying the index with the actual file meta-data. Maybe a limited
list of
> keywords associated to the file (off course not all, just in case you
Of course; you get lots of cool features. I thought you were asking how
WinFS actually obtains the metadata.
As far as accessing and using the metadata; you get a number of ways.
It's all stored and indexed in the same place, and the list of
properties, etc. is all available. You can execute queries over the
data using built-in search UI, using a query language from the APIs, or
data binding to the storage in Windows UI. You can grab items and
traverse properties programmatically, etc. So, yes, you can do a lot
with it once it is exposed through WinFS rather than stuck in each file.
