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== Tagging, annotations, and information management ==
'''Tagging''' has already been mentioned multiple times and seems a very important feature for any information system that contains data with '''multiple associations'''. The problem of information management and retrieval for emails is actually very similar to the problem of organizing bookmarks (see http://tdotpubnotes.blog-citywordpress.com/evolution_bookmarking.htm2007/10/14/evolution-of-bookmarking/).
The ability to quickly add and edit tags (projects, events, locations, groups, names) associated with an email, bookmark, etc. provides a selection mechanism that is more specific than free text search. The "traditional" Inbox, Sent, and other folders of multiple accounts can even exist besides the tagging but the folder names and account names need to be integrated as (default) tags.
'''Annotations''' are as powerful as tags but rarely used so far. The key issue for both tagging and annotations is the user interface. It needs to be a '''"permanent" tool''' like the "new" find, the Firefox extension "Flat Bookmark Editing", or tools in Photoshop that provide direct access and NOT a dialog.
