Hi there.
I've got a bright idea (imho) about a user interface for a table of contents system in the wikipedia. I'm sure there's been a ton of discussion of this subject before, I just don't know where. So please forgive me if this is a commonly dismissed concept:
Each page could have a list of attributes that describe a location in a unified hierarchy. There could be an interface for browsing this unified hierarchy from the top down.
If these two (work intensive, perhaps) changes were made, the result would be:
My entry on prince charles would state that it is located in two places on the hierarchy: /humans/royalty/european/british/ /humans/facial features/big ears/
My entry on orangutans would state that it is located in one place on the hierarchy: /animals/primates/apes/
Does anyone feel like discussion of this set of features is worth while? Other methods for achieving a top-down hierarchy of entries leap to mind. Feel free to email me privately about this if you do not feel that it belongs on the list.
Thanks for your time, Ben