Paolo Amoroso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 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.
It turns out that Marc was already planning to use tags. The nodes in the current LinkIt category tree are the actual tags, and they will be renamed to make this more clear. The category/tags are arranged in a tree. Each entry in the software directory will be tagged with as many tags as necessary. So, the directory will support two orthogonal, independent organizations: a graph (via the related tags relation) and a tree (the tag/sub-tag relation). Both organizations will be independently extensible. Marc: is this correct? Doesn't the tag tree raise the same organizational issues of a category hierarchy? Paolo -- Lisp Propulsion Laboratory log - http://www.paoloamoroso.it/log _______________________________________________ Gardeners mailing list [email protected] http://www.lispniks.com/mailman/listinfo/gardeners
