Paolo Amoroso wrote: > Eric Hanchrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>I wonder if it might be ... interesting ... to try tagging packages, >>rather than categorizing them. Since tagging is all the rage on the > > > Indeed. The exercise of putting together a category hierarchy, the > feedback I have received, and just a couple of decades of research on > object-oriented design, have convinced me of its inflexibility. An > extensible set of tags is a better approach. > > I will discuss with Marc whether LinkIt can be modified to support > tags, and report back here. Stay tuned. >
Tags are more flexible than a strictly hierarchy of categories, but some organization will provide a consistent framework. A data dictionary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_dictionary), perhaps on linkit or a wiki would help. This has maintenance issues of its own, but should be easier to manage than hierarchical categories. Steve -- Steven H. Rogers, Ph.D., [EMAIL PROTECTED] Weblog: http://shrogers.com/weblog "He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense." -- John McCarthy _______________________________________________ Gardeners mailing list [email protected] http://www.lispniks.com/mailman/listinfo/gardeners
