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