The value of information may change over time. Information important to you now may only get in the way a month from now. Similarly, information collected a year ago may become critical to this week's activities. Zoot makes it easy to bring critical information to the forefront and let less timely information recede into the background. Even information you choose to archive remains readily available because Zoot provides equal access to all of your database files, including archive databases.
Information has mass.
As information collects over time, its mass increases. This is a serious design consideration, since much of the information you collect will likely remain valuable for years or even decades to come. Zoot's storage model ensures information is spread across an unlimited number of individual database files so that the information remains manageable over the long term. With Zoot you can create your own personal World Wide Web of information right on your computer's disk drive. This is a useful organizational tool that helps you map ideas, files, web pages.