[Foundation-l] Personal Image Filter results announced

[Thomas Morton]

On 7 September 2011 15:58, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 7 September 2011 15:55, Thomas Morton <morton.thomas at googlemail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Obviously given the complexity of the category tree system any such
> > engineering wouldn't be infallible - but you could match it to most use
> > cases. Ultimately it is just a collapsing tree problem, and they are ten
> a
> > penny to a decent engineer :)
>
>
> The category trees are pathological in every way. Unless you try to
> regularise the category system for the purpose of making the filter
> easier to implement, which I predict will lead to *considerable*
> community resistance and obstruction.
>
>
As I said; you can't cover every situation. But you can engineer around the
basic hierarchy - and leave the rest to a button saying "add this image to
my filter".

I don't see that as a major roadblock.

Tom

>
> - d.
>
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