3. The method of claim 1 wherein the duplicate namespace is stored on a device that is only temporarily connected to the original namespace.
1. A method in a computer system for synchronizing a duplicate namespace with an original namespace, the method comprising: receiving a query specification and a view specification for one or more objects in the namespace, the view specification indicating how objects satisfying the query specification are to be organized; identifying from the original namespace the objects that match the query specification; generating a duplicate namespace using the identified objects and the view specification; associating the query specification and view specification with the duplicate namespace; modifying one or more objects so that the original namespace and duplicate namespace are not synchronized; re-identifying from the original those objects that match the query specification; and modifying one or more objects so that the original namespace and duplicate namespace are synchronized.