File Types

The published v3 Filing OSID defines three basic objects to represent entities in a file system:

DirectoryEntry
Directory
File

We propose to extend this simple system with a set of files that implement data containers, IMS content packages, and other sorts of things.

Interface

Type Identifier

DirectoryEntry

tbd

Directory

org.osid.filing.type@fsDirectoryType

File

org.osid.filing.type@fsFileType

TextFile

org.osid.filing.type@fsTextFileType

DataFile

 

ZipFile

 

ContentPackageFile

 

ImageFile

 

JpegFile

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