Hi,
There was a thread some time ago [1]. May be it is similar to your
usecase. I think, you should directly contact AndyF who raised the
discussions. May be he can help. Link [2] searches all threads from
AndyF. I think he did, what he wanted.

hope this helps
-m

[1] 
http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki/browse_thread/thread/a43800c1bbc4a75/61ad4309774a2eb
[2] 
http://groups.google.com/groups/search?hl=en&enc_author=TJcFtRYAAABZQGlEvmK7CQQrqBCAEy2NPpumWr4uTGJoAu2GDNWgcg&scoring=d

On Jul 26, 3:19 pm, Kanyimbe <kanyi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm struggling to create a system that allows you to create enriched
> directories of publications that work online and offline. Much of the
> filtering and searching that I can do online with PHP, etc. isn't an
> option for a folder full of publications on someone's thumb drive. So
> I thought using TiddlyWiki might provide an option.
>
> The system should be able to do the following:
>
>    1. Read and display the contents of a directory in a TiddlyWiki.
>    2. Extract metadata from each document and display it with the
> document name and link.
>    3. Allow grouping of publications by tags.
>    4. Allow searching.
>
> Originally i thought you should be able to have a TiddlyWiki that
> loaded each document's metadata into a separate tiddler every time you
> opened it. But it would also be nice to be able to add metadata to a
> document and then save it back to the metadata of the file.
>
> Example:
>
> In Mozambique we have publications for 12 different langauges. They
> are mostly PDFs. They have keywords like: literacy, linguistics,
> Scripture, and development. Since new publications appear and old ones
> are changed, it would be nice to have a tiddlywiki that just sits in
> each of the 12 language directories and updates itself every time you
> open it.
>
> We want to share these pubications online but also on a CD-ROM or by
> copying a folder to someone's thumb drive.
>
> Any ideas on how or whether this might work would be VERY appreciated.
>
> Background on this idea can be found 
> here:http://kanyimbe.posterous.com/ubiqivos-ubiquitous-archives-for-vernac...

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