On 13/08/07, Andrew Gray <shimgray(a)gmail.com> wrote:
b) is perhaps more interesting. In the bowels of
whatever system you
use for tagging, set it up so that one tag, one identifier, can be
represented by many different tags. In effect, allow "cat" and
"cats",
but ensure a search for one displays the other as well. LibraryThing
does this, and does it fairly well; their tag lists contain
mispellings and foreign terms as well as variant names, which is quite
useful. Configuring this and ensuring it doesn't get accidentally
snarled up - inadvertently merging two large groups can be confusing -
is tricky, but once it's up and running it should require less ongoing
maintenance.
ok... this is interesting. I didn't know this. Don't suppose their SW
happens to be open source? :)
The other problem which cannot be ignored in relation to
tagging/categories is that people need to be able to use the
equivalent tag in their own language, and have the tags show up in
their own language, while still seeing all the files that have been
tagged with the equivalent tag in other languages.
cheers
Brianna
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