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author | Sam Thursfield <sam@afuera.me.uk> | 2020-10-02 19:06:27 +0200 |
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committer | Sam Thursfield <sam@afuera.me.uk> | 2020-10-02 19:08:52 +0200 |
commit | 3b9d3d633c475ed59f24956ad6f6008291288452 (patch) | |
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parent | 24d88c1611bd743965451c7369b0007bca8516d2 (diff) | |
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website/overview: s/Tracker/Tracker Miner FS/
This is a bit less easy to read but hopefully makes it clearer that
Tracker SPARQL and Tracker Miner FS are separate things.
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1 files changed, 16 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/docs/website/overview.md b/docs/website/overview.md index d20a2d94f..0fc8d776c 100644 --- a/docs/website/overview.md +++ b/docs/website/overview.md @@ -53,14 +53,14 @@ provided by Tracker to gnome-shell. The following GNOME applications use Tracker: - * [GNOME Books](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Books) (uses Tracker to find ebooks) - * [GNOME Boxes](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Boxes) (uses Tracker to find VM images) - * [GNOME Documents](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Documents) (uses Tracker to find documents) - * [GNOME Files](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Files) (uses Tracker for full-text search within files) - * [GNOME Games](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Games) (uses Tracker to find games) - * [GNOME Music](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Music) (uses Tracker to find music and store playlist data) - * [GNOME Photos](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Photos) (uses Tracker to find photos and store album data) - * [GNOME Videos](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Videos) (uses Tracker to find video content) + * [GNOME Books](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Books) (uses Tracker Miner FS to find ebooks) + * [GNOME Boxes](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Boxes) (uses Tracker Miner FS to find VM images) + * [GNOME Documents](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Documents) (uses Tracker Miner FS to find documents) + * [GNOME Files](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Files) (uses Tracker Miner FS for full-text search within files) + * [GNOME Games](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Games) (uses Tracker Miner FS to find games) + * [GNOME Music](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Music) (uses Tracker Miner FS to find music and store playlist data) + * [GNOME Photos](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Photos) (uses Tracker Miner FS to find photos and Tracker SPARQL to store album data) + * [GNOME Videos](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Videos) (uses Tracker Miner FS to find video content) Although Tracker is able to store contacts and calendar entries, GNOME uses [Evolution Data Server](https://developer.gnome.org/platform-overview/stable/tech-eds.html) @@ -75,27 +75,28 @@ for this. ### Media tools [Grilo](https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Grilo) is a library for finding and -fetching media content from many different sources. It uses Tracker to browse -and search local media content. +fetching media content from many different sources. It uses Tracker Miner FS to +browse and search local media content. [Rygel](https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Rygel) is a home media solution that serves -content over UPnP. It uses Tracker to find your media files. +content over UPnP. It uses Tracker Miner FS to find your media files. ### Sailfish OS -[Sailfish OS](https://sailfishos.org) uses Tracker for [indexing media +[Sailfish OS](https://sailfishos.org) uses Tracker Miner FS for [indexing media content](https://sailfishos.org/wiki/Core_Areas_and_APIs). ## Related projects -[Xapian](https://xapian.org/) provides similar functionality to Tracker. -It focuses more on scalability and less on having a lightweight footprint. +[Xapian](https://xapian.org/) provides similar functionality to Tracker Miner +FS. It focuses more on scalability and less on having a lightweight footprint. Unlike Tracker, it doesn't support SPARQL or provide a Linked Data endpoint. [Baloo](https://community.kde.org/Baloo) is a metadata and search framework by KDE, implemented using Xapian. -[Recoll](https://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/) is a cross-platform desktop search application powered by Xapian. +[Recoll](https://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/) is a cross-platform desktop +search application powered by Xapian. [Apache Lucene + Solr](http://lucene.apache.org/) is a search engine which targets very large-scale workloads. It has a much heavier footprint compared to |