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=Nepomuk=
=Semantic Search=


El objetivo de esta página no es explicar de forma exhaustiva la tecnología de Nepomuk y cada detalle, sino dar una visión general, algunos ejemplos, compartir lo que hay detrás de él y enlazar a información relevante en la web.
The aim of this page is not to fully explain KDE's Semantic Search technology and every detail, but to give a short overview, some examples, share the vision behind it and link to relevant information on the web.


==Short explanation==
== Baloo is the next generation of semantic search ==


As the [[Glossary#Nepomuk|Glossary]] mentions, Nepomuk is about classification, organisation and presentation of data. It is not an application, but a component which can be used by developers within applications.
From KDE Applications 4.13 onwards, the '[https://community.kde.org/Baloo Baloo]' file indexing and file search framework replaces Nepomuk. Read [http://dot.kde.org/2014/02/24/kdes-next-generation-semantic-search details on the changes for Applications 4.13 here]. Semantic Search no longer uses a single, big database, but separate, specialized databases for each type of data. The new search databases are in <tt>$HOME/.local/share/baloo</tt>. If you upgraded to KDE Applications 4.13 from an earlier KDE release, you can delete <tt>$KDEHOME/share/apps/nepomuk</tt>.


=== Try out ===
==Breve explicación==
For example, [[Dolphin|Dolphin]] makes use of Nepomuk. For the following to hold Nepomuk and Strigi must be enabled from System settings -> Desktop search. The information sidebar of Dolphin allows you to assign tags, ratings and comments to files. This information is then stored in Nepomuk and indexed by Strigi. You can then search for metadata using the navigation bar in Dolphin. Write "nepomuksearch:/" followed by search terms.


==Functionalities==
As the [[Special:myLanguage/Glossary#Nepomuk|Glossary]] mentions, Semantic Search is about classification, organisation and presentation of data. It is not an application, but a component which can be used by developers within applications.


Nepomuk offers several 'layers' of functionality to applications. The first and most simple of those is manual tagging, rating and commenting, as used in Dolphin. This helps you to find your files faster, but is also a lot of work.
=== Try out in Dolphin ===
For example, the [[Special:myLanguage/Dolphin|Dolphin]] file manager makes use of Search. In KDE Applications versions prior to 4.13 Semantic Search must be enabled from <menuchoice>System settings -> Desktop search</menuchoice>. The information sidebar of Dolphin (<menuchoice>Control -> Panels -> Information</menuchoice>, or press <keycap>F11</keycap>) presents information extracted by Search about the selected file, and also allows you to assign tags, ratings and comments to files. This information is then stored and indexed by Search. You can then search for metadata using the navigation bar in Dolphin. Click to <menuchoice>Find</menuchoice>, or press <keycap>Ctrl+F</keycap>, and search for file names or file contents.


To make finding files containing text easier, Nepomuk offers a second functionality: indexing the text of files. It uses a technology called [[Glossary#Strigi|Strigi]] for this. You can now also find files by entering some words which you know are in there, or just (part of) their title.
<!-- info about nepomuksearch:/ deleted per its developer: "Actually nepomuksearch:/ is an internal thing and should not be entered by the user." its developer -->


The third layer is a very complex one, and the reason why Nepomuk was conceived as a research project of several companies and universities in the European union. This is where you will find difficult words like 'semantic desktop' and 'ontologies'. Basically, it is about context and relationships.


==Examples==
==Funcionalidades==


Let me try to explain what Nepomuk offers using two examples.
KDE's Semantic Search offers several 'layers' of functionality to applications. The first and most simple of those is manual tagging, rating and commenting, as used in Dolphin. This helps you to find your files faster, but is also a lot of work.


===Relationship===
To make finding files containing text easier, Search offers a second functionality: indexing the text of files. You can find files by entering some words which you know are in there, or just (part of) their title.


Say you received a photo from a friend of yours, 2 weeks ago. You saved it somewhere on your computer. Now how to you find that file? If you don't remember the location, you're out of luck.
The third layer is a very complex one, and the reason why the underlying technology, Nepomuk, was conceived as a research project of several companies and universities in the European union. This is where you will find difficult words like 'semantic desktop' and 'ontologies'. Basically, it is about context and relationships.


Now Nepomuk aims to help you. You know this file came from that friend of yours, your computer does not. Nepomuk, however, can remember this relationship. Searching on the name of your friend will therefor pop up the photo!
=== Indexing files ===


Another potential relationship is between a web page you copied text from and the document you pasted it into, or two images showing the same car. Such relations can sometimes be extracted from the files themselves (you could analyze photos and see who or what is on there) or supplied by the applications involved (as in the above email example). This part of Nepomuk is still under heavy development, and needs integration in applications, so you can expect it to take a few more years to really shine.
Search does not index every file on the hard drive. Its default configuration in most Linux distributions excludes some common patterns for backup files and configuration directories. You can change this in <menuchoice>System Settings -> Desktop Search</menuchoice>. Add folders to be excluded. If you want to turn off indexing of files entirely, just add your home folder there.


All in all, this part of Nepomuk is about making search smart. Think about how Google tries to be smart with your searches: when you search for a hotel and a city name, it shows above the website results a google map showing hotels in the city you mentioned! It might even suggest a better name in case you made a spelling mistake. Google also tries to put the most relevant information on top of the list of results, using complex calculations on relationships (links) between websites. Nepomuk will be able to offer such smart results and order them on relevancy using relationship information.
In '''System Settings''' you can also control whether Search indexes files on removable media such as USB drives and CD-ROMs. In KDE Applications 4.13 this is not available, removable media are not indexed. Future versions are planned to reintroduce this functionality.


===Context===
==Ejemplos==


These relationships can not only help you while searching for files, but also have an influence on applications and what information they present. Note that this way of using Nepomuk is still more a vision than reality! Many of the components are in place, but it is not yet integrated in applications and the desktop as a whole.
Let me try to explain what Semantic Search offers using two examples. These features are not available fully yet - the base is there but application developers need to integrate this in their applications.


So here an example of bringing context awareness to your desktop could help you work more efficiently.
===Relaciones===


Say you are working on finishing some notes you took in a meeting. The phone rings, and somebody asks you to find that spreadsheet with prices, adjust it for a customer. After a few more interruptions you find your desktop full of files and windows...
Digamos que has recibido una foto de un amigo tuyo, hace dos semanas, y la guardaste en algún lugar en tu ordenador. ¿Cómo encuentras ese archivo ahora? A menos que sepas la ubicación, no tiene buena pinta.


It'd be nice to be able to organize all that a bit better, right?
Now Semantic Search aims to help you. You know this file came from that friend of yours, your computer does not know. Search, however, can remember this relationship. Searching on the name of your friend will therefore pop up the photo!


Enter '[[Glossary#Activities|activities]]'. These have been introduced in [[Plasma|Plasma]], and currently offer different 'desktops'. They are a bit like virtual desktops, except that the desktop itself changes, not the set of applications. Different widgets, background, things like that. Of course, since KDE 4.3, each virtual desktop can have it's own activity, bringing the two in sync.
Another potential relationship is between a web page you copied text from and the document you pasted it into, or two images showing the same car. Such relations can sometimes be extracted from the files themselves (you could analyze photos and see who or what is on there) or supplied by the applications involved (as in the above email example). This part of Search is still under heavy development, and needs integration in applications, so you can expect it to take a few more years to really shine.


If applications and desktop were aware of activities, you could create an activity for each of the tasks you regularly work on. So if you often have to change a spreadsheet with prices, you create an activity for that: put a Folder View (or several) widget on the desktop, add a calculator and a todo-widget to keep track of what you still have to change. Maybe even an email folder widget showing the mails with questions regarding these prices spreadsheets!
All in all, this part of Semantic Search is about making search smart. Think about how Google tries to be smart with your searches: when you search for a hotel and a city name, it shows above the website results a google map showing hotels in the city you mentioned! It might even suggest a better name in case you made a spelling mistake. Google also tries to put the most relevant information on top of the list of results, using complex calculations on relationships (links) between websites. Semantic Search will be able to offer such smart results and order them on relevancy using relationship information.


As soon as somebody asks a question about prices, you switch to this activity. Fire up your spreadsheet application. It is aware of your activity so it shows recent price spreadsheets, not the recent list of inventory you were working on in another activity! [[Kopete|Kopete]], the chat application shows your colleague who knows all about prices, as she is the person you always chat with when working on this activity.
===Contexto===


When you are finished, you go back to another activity, and once again all applications adjust their behavior to fit what you are doing.
These relationships can not only help you while searching for files, but also have an influence on applications and what information they present. Note that this way of using Search is still more a vision than reality! Many of the components are in place, but it is not yet integrated in applications and the desktop as a whole.


The benefits of such an activity-based work flow go further than you might at first expect. It not only helps you find files and contact persons, but also helps in switching tasks itself. The human brain isn't very good at multi-tasking - it takes most people several minutes to get up to speed after switching tasks. Changing the 'environment' helps a lot in speeding this up, even if it's just on the screen. Compare it with getting in the mood for your holiday by packing your bag!
Aquí tienes un ejemplo de como llevar la información contextual a tu escritorio puede ayudarte a trabajar de forma más eficiente.


Of course, the above is mostly relevant to people working behind their computer in the office or at home. A gamer or a casual user would probably not use these activities much.
Digamos que estás trabajando en terminar algunas notas que has tomado después de una reunión. Suena el teléfono y alguien te pide que si puedes buscar la hoja de cálculo con precios y adaptarla a un cliente. Después de algunas interrupciones más descubres que tu escritorio está lleno de archivos y ventanas...


Note that the scenario described above is still years away from reality. Much of the basic infrastructure for this in KDE is in place but much is still left.
Sería bueno poder organizar todo un poco mejor ¿verdad?


==Sharing and privacy==
Enter '[[Special:myLanguage/Glossary#Activities|activities]]'. These have been introduced in [[Special:myLanguage/Plasma|Plasma]], and currently offer different 'desktops'. They are a bit like virtual desktops, except that the desktop itself changes, not the set of applications. Different widgets, background, things like that. Of course, since Plasma 4.3, each virtual desktop can have its own activity, bringing the two in sync.


There is one thing I need to touch on before pointing to other sources of information: sharing Nepomuk data. It'd be great if your tags, ratings and comments would be shared with others when you send them files. However, if you tagged a contact with a slightly embarrassing tag ('boring in bed') and send that persons contact information to a mutual friend you probably don't want that tag to be send as well...
Si las aplicaciones y el escritorio estuvieran al tanto de las actividades, podrías crear una actividad para cada una de las tareas en las que trabajes regularmente. Por tanto, si normalmente cambias a una hoja de cálculo con precios, puedes crear una actividad para eso: pon un elemento de Vista de Carpeta (o varios) en el escritorio, añade una calculadora y un elemento de tareas pendientes para seguir la pista de lo que aún debes cambiar. ¡Quizás incluso un elemento de carpetas de correo electrónico mostrando los correos con preguntas relacionadas con esa hoja de cálculo!


This issue is of course being considered and an important subject of research by the Nepomuk researchers. For the time being, these privacy concerns, combined with technical challenges, are the reason Nepomuk context is private. Rest assured the Nepomuk team does all it can to make sure your privacy is respected.
Tan pronto como alguien haga una pregunta sobre precios, cambias a estas actividad, y ya puedes trabajar con tu aplicación de hojas de cálculo. ¡Es consciente de tu actividad por lo que te muestra hojas de cálculo de precios recientes, no la reciente lista del inventario en la que estás trabajando en otra actividad! [[Special:myLanguage/Kopete|Kopete]], la aplicación de chat, muestra a tus colegas que lo saben todo sobre los precios, puesto que son las personas con las que siempre hablas cuando trabajas en esta actividad.


:''More info'':
Cuando acabes, vuelves a la otra actividad y una vez más todas las aplicaciones ajustarán su comportamiento a lo que estés haciendo.
::[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_desktop Wikipedia - Semantic Desktop]
::[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEPOMUK_(framework)  Wikipedia - NEPOMUK Framework]
::[http://nepomuk.semanticdesktop.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main1/ NEPOMUK website]
::[http://nepomuk.kde.org/discover/user NEPOMUK KDE site]
::[http://dot.kde.org/2009/12/10/exploring-new-nepomuk-features-mandriva-linux-2010 article explaining Nepomuk on the DOT]


[[Category:System]]
Los beneficios de esta forma de trabajo basada en actividades van más allá de lo que puedas esperar en un principio. No solo te ayuda a encontrar tus archivos y contactos, también a conmutar tareas por sí mismo. El cerebro humano no es muy bueno con multitareas - a la mayoría de la gente le lleva unos minutos coger velocidad después de cambiar de tarea. El cambio de 'entorno' agiliza esto, incluso si está solo en la pantalla. ¡Compáralo con alegrarte de hacer las maletas para tus vacaciones!
 
Por supuesto, lo anterior es sobre todo relevante para la gente que trabaja con su ordenador en una oficina o en casa. Un jugador o un usuario casual probablemente no utilizarán estas actividades.
 
The scenario described above is already partially implemented in the Activities but much work is still left.
 
==Frequently Asked Questions==
 
The following is taken from a [http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=154&t=97098&p=204592 KDE forums] post. Please feel free to add/remove/modify details if you have the time!
 
;What is the Nepomuk Semantic Desktop, and the Strigi Desktop File Indexer?
 
: Nepomuk and Strigi are technologies part of what delivers the abilities of the Semantic Search in KDE. Both are not used directly in the latest generation of KDE's Semantic Search ([http://dot.kde.org/2014/02/24/kdes-next-generation-semantic-search details]), however their successors share much of their code and concepts. Semantic Search provides a way to organize, annotate and build relationships among the data (not only file name and content, but for example which applications used a certain file, or how it is tagged). A number of KDE applications and workspaces use this basic infrastructure to deliver features such as email tagging ([[Special:myLanguage/KMail|KMail]]) or activity setup (Plasma).
 
:The file indexing allows applications such as [[Special:myLanguage/Dolphin|Dolphin]] to search for files based on content, name, or other meta-data (e.g. tags) associated to indexed files. Such an indexer can also index non-text files, such as PDFs, by accessing the meta-data contained in these files (author, publication information, etc.). Some KDE components ship additional "analyzers" for more file types.
 
; Why do we need both Akonadi and Semantic Search?  Aren't they doing the same thing?
 
: In short, Akonadi provides a cache of PIM data like calendar items, contacts and email, which is used by applications like KMail and Korganizer but also the calendar build in Plasma. Semantic Search plugs in Akonadi to provide search functionality. How Baloo offers search is actually up to the application. In case of KDE PIM, Xapian is used to provide indexing and search.
 
;How can I disable the semantic desktop?
 
: File indexing can be disabled by adding the users' home folder to the <menuchoice>System Settings -> Desktop Search -> Do not search in these locations list</menuchoice>. The other functionality is part of the applications that use it and thus can't be disabled without crippling these applications. For example, to not have any search in KMail you'll have to simply remove KMail...
 
In versions of the KDE Applications before 4.13, Semantic Search would have components running separate from applications. This functionality could be disabled by unchecking <menuchoice>Enable Nepomuk File Indexer</menuchoice> in the [[Special:myLanguage/System_Settings/Search_Desktop|Desktop Search]] section of [[Special:myLanguage/System Settings|System Settings]]. In case you want to turn off all semantic features, uncheck <menuchoice>Enable Nepomuk Semantic Desktop</menuchoice>. Notice that this will turn off search in [[Special:myLanguage/Dolphin|Dolphin]] as well.
 
:Notice that with the latter option some programs who use Semantic Search for meta-data will offer reduced functionality: for example [[Special:myLanguage/KMail|KMail]] will not be able to tag mail, or Plasma activities will not offer additional features such as icons, or program data information.
 
;Baloo/Semantic Search is eating 100% CPU! What do I do?
 
:Just wait. Certain files are very hard or even impossible to Index. At the moment, this includes for example text files of over 50 megabyte. When Search finds these, it will try for a fixed time. When it fails, it will try to find out what file is broken and disable indexing it in the future. As it indexes files in batches of about 40, it has to find the problematic file by indexing that bunch in parts: first half/second half, index problematic half in pieces again, until the file is found. This can take up to 30 minutes of heavy cpu usage. Unfortunately, while Baloo will not start to index a new batch of 40 files while on battery power, it continues to determine the broken file while on battery. This behaviour has been fixed in in KDE Applications 4.13.1 (it will stop indexing immediately when the power cord is unplugged) and the time the search for each file can take has been reduced to about 10 minutes. The Semantic Search team is working on improving the indexing tools to handle more difficult files.
 
;Why do I have nepomukservicestub processes even though I've disabled Nepomuk?
 
:It may be a bug. Please file a [http://bugs.kde.org bug report] with a complete description of your problem and the steps to trigger it.
 
;File indexing of PDF/some other file types doesn't work.
 
:PDF indexing is a known issue and it's being tracked in {{bug|231936}}. If you have issues with other files, open a bug, preferably adding a sample file that shows the problem.
 
;The program nepomukservicestub crashes at startup.
 
:A large number of fixes for crashes has been fixed for the 4.7.2 release of the KDE Workspaces and Applications. If you encounter more, please file bugs report with detailed instructions on how to reproduce the problem, as sometimes the developers are unable to trigger them in their test setups.
 
;The virtuoso-t process hangs at 100% CPU.
 
:Virtuoso-t is a key component of the old Semantic Search infrastructure and in some occasions the commands sent by the other components end up taking too much time (hence showing the effect of 100% CPU).
 
Virtuoso is no longer used by Semantic Search starting the Applications 4.13 release.
 
;Sometimes Nepomuk consumes too much RAM.
 
:Many of these problems have been fixed, in other cases however the developers are unable to reproduce the issues correctly. In this case, providing examples and test cases to [http://bugs.kde.org/ bug reports] increase the chances to get these bugs fixed.
 
;Search accesses the disk too much on startup.:
 
:A throttling mechanism implemented in the file indexer, versions after KDE SC 4.8 should no longer have this issue.
 
;My Search database has been corrupted. How do I clean it?
 
:In the extreme case your database is really corrupted and all other attempts have failed, you can delete the <tt>$KDEHOME/share/apps/nepomuk</tt> directory (where <tt>$KDEHOME</tt> is usually <tt>.kde</tt> or <tt>.kde4</tt> in your home directory) while Nepomuk is not running. The database will be cleared, but you will also lose existing information such as tags, ratings and comments.
 
== Advanced troubleshooting ==
 
==Compartir y privacidad==
 
Solo quiero añadir una cosa más antes de indicar otras fuentes de información: intercambio de los datos de Nepomuk. Sería genial si tus etiquetas, puntuaciones y comentarios pudieran ser compartidos con otros cuando les envías los archivos. Sin embargo, si has etiquetado a un contacto con alguna etiqueta embarazosa ('aburrido en la cama') y le envías esa información de contacto personal a un amigo en común es probable que no quieras enviarle también esa etiqueta...
 
Este problema está siendo considerado y es un tema importante de investigación por parte de los investigadores de Nepomuk. Por el momento, estas preocupaciones sobre la privacidad, combinadas con retos técnicos, son la razón de que la información de Nepomuk sea privada. Ten la seguridad de que el equipo de Nepomuk hace todo lo posible para respetar tu privacidad.
 
== External links ==
 
The new Search technology (post KDE Applications 4.13):
* [http://dot.kde.org/2014/02/24/kdes-next-generation-semantic-search user information article on the dot]
* [http://community.kde.org/Baloo Developer information on community.kde.org]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_desktop Wikipedia - Semantic Desktop]
 
The old Search technology:
* [http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/Nepomuk Nepomuk pages for developers on KDE TechBase]
* [http://nepomuk.kde.org/discover/user NEPOMUK KDE site]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEPOMUK_(framework)  Wikipedia - NEPOMUK Framework]
* [http://nepomuk.semanticdesktop.org/nepomuk/ NEPOMUK website]
* [http://dot.kde.org/2009/12/10/exploring-new-nepomuk-features-mandriva-linux-2010 article explaining Nepomuk on the DOT]
* [http://kdenepomukmanual.wordpress.com Getting started user manual]
 
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Semantic Search

The aim of this page is not to fully explain KDE's Semantic Search technology and every detail, but to give a short overview, some examples, share the vision behind it and link to relevant information on the web.

Baloo is the next generation of semantic search

From KDE Applications 4.13 onwards, the 'Baloo' file indexing and file search framework replaces Nepomuk. Read details on the changes for Applications 4.13 here. Semantic Search no longer uses a single, big database, but separate, specialized databases for each type of data. The new search databases are in $HOME/.local/share/baloo. If you upgraded to KDE Applications 4.13 from an earlier KDE release, you can delete $KDEHOME/share/apps/nepomuk.

Breve explicación

As the Glossary mentions, Semantic Search is about classification, organisation and presentation of data. It is not an application, but a component which can be used by developers within applications.

Try out in Dolphin

For example, the Dolphin file manager makes use of Search. In KDE Applications versions prior to 4.13 Semantic Search must be enabled from System settings -> Desktop search. The information sidebar of Dolphin (Control -> Panels -> Information, or press F11) presents information extracted by Search about the selected file, and also allows you to assign tags, ratings and comments to files. This information is then stored and indexed by Search. You can then search for metadata using the navigation bar in Dolphin. Click to Find, or press Ctrl+F, and search for file names or file contents.


Funcionalidades

KDE's Semantic Search offers several 'layers' of functionality to applications. The first and most simple of those is manual tagging, rating and commenting, as used in Dolphin. This helps you to find your files faster, but is also a lot of work.

To make finding files containing text easier, Search offers a second functionality: indexing the text of files. You can find files by entering some words which you know are in there, or just (part of) their title.

The third layer is a very complex one, and the reason why the underlying technology, Nepomuk, was conceived as a research project of several companies and universities in the European union. This is where you will find difficult words like 'semantic desktop' and 'ontologies'. Basically, it is about context and relationships.

Indexing files

Search does not index every file on the hard drive. Its default configuration in most Linux distributions excludes some common patterns for backup files and configuration directories. You can change this in System Settings -> Desktop Search. Add folders to be excluded. If you want to turn off indexing of files entirely, just add your home folder there.

In System Settings you can also control whether Search indexes files on removable media such as USB drives and CD-ROMs. In KDE Applications 4.13 this is not available, removable media are not indexed. Future versions are planned to reintroduce this functionality.

Ejemplos

Let me try to explain what Semantic Search offers using two examples. These features are not available fully yet - the base is there but application developers need to integrate this in their applications.

Relaciones

Digamos que has recibido una foto de un amigo tuyo, hace dos semanas, y la guardaste en algún lugar en tu ordenador. ¿Cómo encuentras ese archivo ahora? A menos que sepas la ubicación, no tiene buena pinta.

Now Semantic Search aims to help you. You know this file came from that friend of yours, your computer does not know. Search, however, can remember this relationship. Searching on the name of your friend will therefore pop up the photo!

Another potential relationship is between a web page you copied text from and the document you pasted it into, or two images showing the same car. Such relations can sometimes be extracted from the files themselves (you could analyze photos and see who or what is on there) or supplied by the applications involved (as in the above email example). This part of Search is still under heavy development, and needs integration in applications, so you can expect it to take a few more years to really shine.

All in all, this part of Semantic Search is about making search smart. Think about how Google tries to be smart with your searches: when you search for a hotel and a city name, it shows above the website results a google map showing hotels in the city you mentioned! It might even suggest a better name in case you made a spelling mistake. Google also tries to put the most relevant information on top of the list of results, using complex calculations on relationships (links) between websites. Semantic Search will be able to offer such smart results and order them on relevancy using relationship information.

Contexto

These relationships can not only help you while searching for files, but also have an influence on applications and what information they present. Note that this way of using Search is still more a vision than reality! Many of the components are in place, but it is not yet integrated in applications and the desktop as a whole.

Aquí tienes un ejemplo de como llevar la información contextual a tu escritorio puede ayudarte a trabajar de forma más eficiente.

Digamos que estás trabajando en terminar algunas notas que has tomado después de una reunión. Suena el teléfono y alguien te pide que si puedes buscar la hoja de cálculo con precios y adaptarla a un cliente. Después de algunas interrupciones más descubres que tu escritorio está lleno de archivos y ventanas...

Sería bueno poder organizar todo un poco mejor ¿verdad?

Enter 'activities'. These have been introduced in Plasma, and currently offer different 'desktops'. They are a bit like virtual desktops, except that the desktop itself changes, not the set of applications. Different widgets, background, things like that. Of course, since Plasma 4.3, each virtual desktop can have its own activity, bringing the two in sync.

Si las aplicaciones y el escritorio estuvieran al tanto de las actividades, podrías crear una actividad para cada una de las tareas en las que trabajes regularmente. Por tanto, si normalmente cambias a una hoja de cálculo con precios, puedes crear una actividad para eso: pon un elemento de Vista de Carpeta (o varios) en el escritorio, añade una calculadora y un elemento de tareas pendientes para seguir la pista de lo que aún debes cambiar. ¡Quizás incluso un elemento de carpetas de correo electrónico mostrando los correos con preguntas relacionadas con esa hoja de cálculo!

Tan pronto como alguien haga una pregunta sobre precios, cambias a estas actividad, y ya puedes trabajar con tu aplicación de hojas de cálculo. ¡Es consciente de tu actividad por lo que te muestra hojas de cálculo de precios recientes, no la reciente lista del inventario en la que estás trabajando en otra actividad! Kopete, la aplicación de chat, muestra a tus colegas que lo saben todo sobre los precios, puesto que son las personas con las que siempre hablas cuando trabajas en esta actividad.

Cuando acabes, vuelves a la otra actividad y una vez más todas las aplicaciones ajustarán su comportamiento a lo que estés haciendo.

Los beneficios de esta forma de trabajo basada en actividades van más allá de lo que puedas esperar en un principio. No solo te ayuda a encontrar tus archivos y contactos, también a conmutar tareas por sí mismo. El cerebro humano no es muy bueno con multitareas - a la mayoría de la gente le lleva unos minutos coger velocidad después de cambiar de tarea. El cambio de 'entorno' agiliza esto, incluso si está solo en la pantalla. ¡Compáralo con alegrarte de hacer las maletas para tus vacaciones!

Por supuesto, lo anterior es sobre todo relevante para la gente que trabaja con su ordenador en una oficina o en casa. Un jugador o un usuario casual probablemente no utilizarán estas actividades.

The scenario described above is already partially implemented in the Activities but much work is still left.

Frequently Asked Questions

The following is taken from a KDE forums post. Please feel free to add/remove/modify details if you have the time!

What is the Nepomuk Semantic Desktop, and the Strigi Desktop File Indexer?
Nepomuk and Strigi are technologies part of what delivers the abilities of the Semantic Search in KDE. Both are not used directly in the latest generation of KDE's Semantic Search (details), however their successors share much of their code and concepts. Semantic Search provides a way to organize, annotate and build relationships among the data (not only file name and content, but for example which applications used a certain file, or how it is tagged). A number of KDE applications and workspaces use this basic infrastructure to deliver features such as email tagging (KMail) or activity setup (Plasma).
The file indexing allows applications such as Dolphin to search for files based on content, name, or other meta-data (e.g. tags) associated to indexed files. Such an indexer can also index non-text files, such as PDFs, by accessing the meta-data contained in these files (author, publication information, etc.). Some KDE components ship additional "analyzers" for more file types.
Why do we need both Akonadi and Semantic Search? Aren't they doing the same thing?
In short, Akonadi provides a cache of PIM data like calendar items, contacts and email, which is used by applications like KMail and Korganizer but also the calendar build in Plasma. Semantic Search plugs in Akonadi to provide search functionality. How Baloo offers search is actually up to the application. In case of KDE PIM, Xapian is used to provide indexing and search.
How can I disable the semantic desktop?
File indexing can be disabled by adding the users' home folder to the System Settings -> Desktop Search -> Do not search in these locations list. The other functionality is part of the applications that use it and thus can't be disabled without crippling these applications. For example, to not have any search in KMail you'll have to simply remove KMail...

In versions of the KDE Applications before 4.13, Semantic Search would have components running separate from applications. This functionality could be disabled by unchecking Enable Nepomuk File Indexer in the Desktop Search section of System Settings. In case you want to turn off all semantic features, uncheck Enable Nepomuk Semantic Desktop. Notice that this will turn off search in Dolphin as well.

Notice that with the latter option some programs who use Semantic Search for meta-data will offer reduced functionality: for example KMail will not be able to tag mail, or Plasma activities will not offer additional features such as icons, or program data information.
Baloo/Semantic Search is eating 100% CPU! What do I do?
Just wait. Certain files are very hard or even impossible to Index. At the moment, this includes for example text files of over 50 megabyte. When Search finds these, it will try for a fixed time. When it fails, it will try to find out what file is broken and disable indexing it in the future. As it indexes files in batches of about 40, it has to find the problematic file by indexing that bunch in parts: first half/second half, index problematic half in pieces again, until the file is found. This can take up to 30 minutes of heavy cpu usage. Unfortunately, while Baloo will not start to index a new batch of 40 files while on battery power, it continues to determine the broken file while on battery. This behaviour has been fixed in in KDE Applications 4.13.1 (it will stop indexing immediately when the power cord is unplugged) and the time the search for each file can take has been reduced to about 10 minutes. The Semantic Search team is working on improving the indexing tools to handle more difficult files.
Why do I have nepomukservicestub processes even though I've disabled Nepomuk?
It may be a bug. Please file a bug report with a complete description of your problem and the steps to trigger it.
File indexing of PDF/some other file types doesn't work.
PDF indexing is a known issue and it's being tracked in bug #231936. If you have issues with other files, open a bug, preferably adding a sample file that shows the problem.
The program nepomukservicestub crashes at startup.
A large number of fixes for crashes has been fixed for the 4.7.2 release of the KDE Workspaces and Applications. If you encounter more, please file bugs report with detailed instructions on how to reproduce the problem, as sometimes the developers are unable to trigger them in their test setups.
The virtuoso-t process hangs at 100% CPU.
Virtuoso-t is a key component of the old Semantic Search infrastructure and in some occasions the commands sent by the other components end up taking too much time (hence showing the effect of 100% CPU).

Virtuoso is no longer used by Semantic Search starting the Applications 4.13 release.

Sometimes Nepomuk consumes too much RAM.
Many of these problems have been fixed, in other cases however the developers are unable to reproduce the issues correctly. In this case, providing examples and test cases to bug reports increase the chances to get these bugs fixed.
Search accesses the disk too much on startup.
A throttling mechanism implemented in the file indexer, versions after KDE SC 4.8 should no longer have this issue.
My Search database has been corrupted. How do I clean it?
In the extreme case your database is really corrupted and all other attempts have failed, you can delete the $KDEHOME/share/apps/nepomuk directory (where $KDEHOME is usually .kde or .kde4 in your home directory) while Nepomuk is not running. The database will be cleared, but you will also lose existing information such as tags, ratings and comments.

Advanced troubleshooting

Compartir y privacidad

Solo quiero añadir una cosa más antes de indicar otras fuentes de información: intercambio de los datos de Nepomuk. Sería genial si tus etiquetas, puntuaciones y comentarios pudieran ser compartidos con otros cuando les envías los archivos. Sin embargo, si has etiquetado a un contacto con alguna etiqueta embarazosa ('aburrido en la cama') y le envías esa información de contacto personal a un amigo en común es probable que no quieras enviarle también esa etiqueta...

Este problema está siendo considerado y es un tema importante de investigación por parte de los investigadores de Nepomuk. Por el momento, estas preocupaciones sobre la privacidad, combinadas con retos técnicos, son la razón de que la información de Nepomuk sea privada. Ten la seguridad de que el equipo de Nepomuk hace todo lo posible para respetar tu privacidad.

External links

The new Search technology (post KDE Applications 4.13):

The old Search technology:

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