A column for the (relative) hierarchy level of each file/directory recorded seems useful.
The level can also later be determined from the number of path separators. But an explicit, numeric level would be much easier to filter or to evaluate when you are just interested in a certain level of detail.
If, for example, an author always organizes their work like
it may be sufficient to only look at directories on level 4 to get a first impression of works, without the need to deal with any auxiliary files further down the hierarchy.
A column for the (relative) hierarchy level of each file/directory recorded seems useful.
The level can also later be determined from the number of path separators. But an explicit, numeric level would be much easier to filter or to evaluate when you are just interested in a certain level of detail.
If, for example, an author always organizes their work like
it may be sufficient to only look at directories on level 4 to get a first impression of works, without the need to deal with any auxiliary files further down the hierarchy.