On 13/08/07, Andrew Gray shimgray@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