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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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