Filecentric
Filecentric is an adjective used in information technology to describe approaches, systems, or philosophies that organize, store, and access information primarily as files within a hierarchical file system rather than as structured records in a database or as objects in an object store. In such environments, the file is the principal unit of data, and metadata such as path, name, timestamps, permissions, and checksums are central to management and retrieval. Content management and digital asset management systems are commonly described as file-centric when their primary interface and workflows revolve around files and their paths.
Characteristics include reliance on path-based organization, versioned files, external indices for content search, and integration with
Contexts and applications include traditional file systems (for example, NTFS or ext4), content management, media libraries,
Compared with database-centric designs that store data as records with defined schemas, file-centric systems excel in