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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Bug 128533] Why nested tags? What about freeform/freestyle tagging?
From:       Tim Middleton <x () vex ! net>
Date:       2007-01-14 3:40:51
Message-ID: 20070114034051.10685.qmail () ktown ! kde ! org
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------- Additional Comments From x vex net  2007-01-14 04:40 -------
Certianly some of the suggestions regarding faster tagging interfaces are \
very valid (truly a simple input box is the fastest way in a lot of cases; \
though some of the current interfaces are very useful in some situations)

But this "bug" title complains about the hierarchical "nesting" ability of \
the tags. The solution is simple: if you don't like it, don't use it! You \
can simply just keep one giant list of tags with no problem. 

I (and apparently some others) really like the nested tagging. Furthermore \
I really like being able to have spaces in my tags so they don't look \
idiotic and unintuitive like the joined-word tags seen on flickr and \
elsewhere. 

I agree there could be some better interfaces added for tagging, but what's \
there is pretty good... at least, overall, better than any other desktop \
application i've tried on any platform. And i've tried quite a few in the \
past. My previous favourite for tagging actually is an old windows program \
called ThumbsPlus... but that was so long ago the term "tags" had not been \
invented yet and we still just called them "keywords" back then. <-;

An example use case for me is in doing a lot of nature photography: I like \
to add some very specific tags for names of plants and animals. But \
sometimes in searching i want a more general grouping... so for a simple \
example i can look up just frogs by searching for that tag. Or i can look \
up both frogs and salamanders by selecting the parent tag ("amphibians"). \
If tags were flat and i wanted this capability i'd have to add a half dozen \
tags to every picture rather than just the most specific tag in a tree (or \
i'd have to do a much more complex search query to think of every possible \
amphibian that might show up). Nested tags are an awesome organizational \
tool!


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