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Everything about WinFS
Windows data storage system project
WinFS was the code name for a canceled data storage and management system project based on relational databases, developed by Microsoft and first demonstrated in 2003. It was intended as an advanced storage subsystem for the Microsoft Windows operating system, designed for persistence and management of structured, semi-structured and unstructured data. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: WinFSA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: IE Intr Psych W/INF Vmntor 7eThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Concise version vectors in WinFSCited 18 times
- Go sideways: Windows SearchA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Virtual folderA closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
đź“š Books worth reading
- 📕IE Intr Psych W/INF Vmntor 7ePLOTNIK · 2004
- đź“•Cme, Amer Passages V1 W/INF 2e
- 📕List of species in the Mycological Herbarium (Winf (m)) of the Forest Research Laboratory, Winnipeg, ManitobaD. P. Brambilla · 1969
- 📕Frankfurter koch-buchBuchbinderei Heinrich Koch · 1890
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