<s>
Desktop	B-Application
organizer	I-Application
software	O
applications	O
are	O
applications	O
that	O
automatically	O
create	O
useful	O
organizational	O
structures	O
from	O
desktop	O
content	O
from	O
heterogeneous	O
types	O
of	O
content	O
including	O
email	O
,	O
files	O
,	O
contacts	O
,	O
companies	O
,	O
RSS	O
news	O
feeds	O
,	O
photos	B-Application
,	O
music	B-Operating_System
and	O
chat	B-Protocol
sessions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
organization	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
combination	O
of	O
automated	O
scanning	O
of	O
metadata	O
similar	O
to	O
data	B-Application
mining	I-Application
and	O
manual	O
tagging	O
of	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
the	O
email	O
address	O
of	O
a	O
sender	O
of	O
an	O
email	O
allows	O
the	O
email	O
to	O
be	O
filed	O
in	O
a	O
virtual	O
folder	O
for	O
the	O
author	O
and	O
company	O
the	O
author	O
works	O
for	O
or	O
a	O
music	B-Operating_System
file	O
is	O
filed	O
by	O
the	O
musician	O
and	O
album	O
label	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
data	O
in	O
desktop	B-Application
organizer	I-Application
tools	O
is	O
normally	O
stored	O
in	O
a	O
database	O
rather	O
than	O
the	O
computer	O
's	O
file	B-Application
system	I-Application
in	O
order	O
to	O
produce	O
virtual	O
folders	O
where	O
the	O
same	O
item	O
can	O
appear	O
in	O
multiple	O
folders	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
based	O
on	O
its	O
relationship	O
to	O
the	O
folder	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Desktop	B-Application
organizers	I-Application
are	O
related	O
to	O
desktop	B-Application
search	I-Application
because	O
both	O
sets	O
of	O
tools	O
allow	O
users	O
to	O
locate	O
desktop	O
resources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
primary	O
differences	O
between	O
the	O
two	O
are	O
that	O
desktop	B-Application
organizers	I-Application
perform	O
post-search	O
functionality	O
related	O
to	O
the	O
primary	O
purpose	O
of	O
the	O
organizer	O
,	O
offer	O
manual	O
taxonomy	O
creation	O
and	O
tagging	O
by	O
the	O
desktop	O
user	O
,	O
and	O
help	O
gather	O
additional	O
related	O
resources	O
for	O
taxonomy	O
or	O
related	O
content	O
from	O
Internet	O
resources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
rise	O
of	O
computers	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
communications	O
including	O
email	O
,	O
VoIP	B-Application
applications	O
like	O
Skype	B-Application
,	O
chat	B-Protocol
,	O
web	B-Application
browsers	I-Application
,	O
blogs	O
,	O
RSS	O
and	O
CRM	O
content	O
relating	O
to	O
companies	O
and	O
contacts	O
is	O
often	O
spread	O
across	O
multiple	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
image	B-Application
viewers	I-Application
,	O
picture	O
organizers	O
provide	O
utilities	O
to	O
file	O
and	O
view	O
pictures	O
in	O
folders	O
and	O
to	O
tag	O
pictures	O
with	O
metadata	O
for	O
future	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Picture	O
organizers	O
may	O
also	O
integrate	O
with	O
photo	B-Algorithm
sharing	I-Algorithm
sites	I-Algorithm
that	O
also	O
organize	O
pictures	O
but	O
through	O
a	O
social	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sometimes	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
image	B-Application
viewers	I-Application
,	O
they	O
only	O
allow	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
see	O
the	O
pictures	O
but	O
do	O
not	O
provide	O
any	O
automatic	O
organization	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
comparison	B-Application
of	I-Application
image	I-Application
viewers	I-Application
reveals	O
that	O
many	O
freely	O
available	O
software	O
packages	O
are	O
available	O
that	O
offer	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
organization	O
features	O
available	O
in	O
commercial	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
not	O
all	O
image	B-Application
viewers	I-Application
offer	O
organizational	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Popular	O
picture	O
organizers	O
include	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
Google	B-Algorithm
Photos	I-Algorithm
,	O
DigiKam	B-Language
,	O
Adobe	O
Systems	O
's	O
Elements	O
,	O
Apple	O
's	O
Photos	B-Application
,	O
Phase	O
One	O
's	O
Media	B-Operating_System
Pro	I-Operating_System
1	I-Operating_System
and	O
Novell	O
's	O
F-spot	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Music	B-Operating_System
contains	O
unique	O
attributes	O
such	O
as	O
artist	O
,	O
album	O
,	O
genre	O
,	O
era	O
,	O
and	O
song	O
title	O
used	O
to	O
organize	O
the	O
songs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
desktop	O
organization	O
of	O
music	B-Operating_System
is	O
primarily	O
embedded	O
into	O
audio	O
players	O
and	O
media	O
players	O
like	O
Amarok	B-Language
,	O
Rhythmbox	B-Language
,	O
Banshee	B-Language
,	O
MediaMonkey	B-Application
,	O
Songbird	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Apple	O
's	O
Music	B-Operating_System
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
type	O
of	O
music	B-Operating_System
organizer	O
allow	O
a	O
user	O
to	O
organize	O
their	O
media	O
collection	O
directly	O
without	O
listening	O
to	O
music	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
connecting	O
the	O
audio	O
players	O
to	O
databases	O
of	O
tagged	O
music	B-Operating_System
to	O
compare	O
a	O
collection	O
with	O
a	O
professionally	O
organized	O
and	O
tagged	O
collection	O
of	O
music	B-Operating_System
,	O
MP3	O
collections	O
can	O
be	O
enhanced	O
with	O
metadata	O
corrections	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
organization	O
process	O
when	O
metadata	O
is	O
not	O
complete	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
items	O
.	O
</s>
