Things I'd add:
- Possibility to link files together, which would allow you to see related files. It is a different approach to finding your files.
- Hashing of files so you could create a web showing where the same file has been used and, using some engine behind the scenes, detect relationships between people and communities. Last but not least, you could safe diskspace.
- Obviously, all of the things mentioned above should be available using WebDAV (especially checkin/checkout)
- Not sure if this is already possible, but when dealing with office files, they already might contain some description . Is it possible to extract this and automatically insert it into our database?
This thread already brought some very nice ideas together on how to improve the file storage system. Maybe we could write up a nice document, describing the current features (along the lines of the other document management systems) and the features that need funding. Put this document on OpenACS.org and make sure, it ranks high in Google.
I just looked for our assessment page. Brr... Even the Ilias BBoard has a higher ranking than our specs for assessment.
