This is a well thought piece by Hans Reiser on how low-level data structures
affect the whole process of information retrieval. Though Reiser is known
for ReiserFS Linux journaling (and the file system is his takeoff point
here), this may have a good bit to say about namespace choices at the node
level.
Eric and Lee fodder, perhaps.
Name Spaces As Tools for Integrating the Operating System Rather Than As
Ends in Themselves
http://www.reiserfs.org/whitepaper.html
Nicholas
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