YAML and TOML suck. Long live the FAMF!

  • mvirts@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I think a more clear name for this would be “filesystem data structures” since the key idea is editing structured data through the filesystem. I can imagine a FUSE driver that can map many types of data to this structure.

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      3 months ago

      Yes. That is indeed a more interesting name. But think of the acronym.

      • FDS is not as easy to say FAMF.
      • FAMF already has an Urban Dictionary entry.
    • Ferk@programming.dev
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      3 months ago

      Yes… “metadata” is becoming an overused term. Not all data is metadata.

      My first thought when I read the title was about those .nfo files used by Kodi/Jellyfin and other media centers to keep information relative to the media files.