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  <info>

    <link type="guide" xref="index" group="io"/>

    <revision version="0.1" date="2012-02-24" status="review"/>

    <credit type="author copyright">

      <name>Phil Bull</name>

      <email its:translate="no">philbull@gmail.com</email>

      <years>2012</years>

    </credit>

    <credit type="editor">

      <name>Michael Hill</name>

      <email its:translate="no">mdhillca@gmail.com</email>

      <years>2013</years>

    </credit>

    <include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/>

    <desc>Access structured data storage, networking shares, and files.</desc>

  </info>

<title>Files & data access</title>

<list>

 <item>

  
Asynchronously read and write files and other streams

 </item>

 <item>

  
Store and retrieve document metadata

 </item>

</list>

Seamlessly access local and remote files using the core GNOME IO libraries.

Make your application responsive by using the extensive support for

asynchronous IO operations. Allow users to find files easily be providing

metadata to describe documents.

<section id="what">

 <title>What can you do?</title>

  
To asynchronously read and write files and other

  streams, use GIO. A high-level

  VFS (virtual filesystem) API is provided, as well as utilities such as icons

  and application launching

  
Use Tracker to

  store and retrieve document metadata, as well as

  structured data such as contacts.

</section>

<section id="samples">

 <title>Code samples</title>

 <list>

  <item>
A sample we should write
</item>

  <item>
<link xref="samples">More…</link>
</item>

 </list>

</section>

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<section id="realworld">

  <title>Real-world examples</title>

  
You can see lots of real-world applications of GNOME IO technologies in

  open source projects, like the examples given below.

  <list>

    <item>

      
Documents makes it easy to find your files

      with Tracker.

      
( <link href="https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Documents">Website</link> | <link href="https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-documents">Source code</link> )

  </item>

    <item>

      
Files leverages GIO to

      make it easy to manage both local and remote files.

      
( <link href="https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Nautilus">Website</link> | <link href="https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Nautilus/Screenshots">Screenshots</link> | <link href="https://git.gnome.org/browse/nautilus">Source code</link> )

  </item>

 </list>

</section>

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