Add docs for etags

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Matthias Clasen
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* </thead>
* <tbody>
* <row><entry>"std"</entry><entry>The "Standard" namespace. General file
* information that any application may need should be put in this namespace. Examples
* include the file's name, type, and size.</entry></row>
* information that any application may need should be put in this namespace.
* Examples include the file's name, type, and size.</entry></row>
* <row><entry>"etag"</entry><entry>The "Entity Tag" namespace.
* GIO use "entity tags" to quickly determine if a file has been modified
* from the version on the file system. Entity tags are globally unique identifiers,
* and should always be sent with the current revision of a file.
* An example of a key in this namespace is "value", which contains the value of the
* current entity tag.</entry></row>
* from the version on the file system. Entity tags are globally unique
* identifiers, and should always be sent with the current revision of a
* file. An example of a key in this namespace is "value", which contains
* the value of the current entity tag.</entry></row>
* <row><entry>"id"</entry><entry>The "Identification" namespace. This
* namespace is used by file managers and applications that list directories
* to check for loops and to uniquely identify files.</entry></row>