Re: Tags versus categories

[Larry Ewing <lewing novell com>]

This is basically the plan, there are just some details to work out.

--Larry

On Wed, 2005-11-09 at 16:50 +0100, Daniel Hackney wrote:
> Hello all!
> 
> I would like to ask whether there is really a need to differentiate
> between tags and categories, and if not, if the two could be merged.
> Since categories can be applied to photos just like tags, is there
> really a need for a tag which cannot have children?
> 
> Say for example that I have a tag called "Joe Bob" which contains a
> whole lot of pictures of my good friend Joe Bob. After a while I
> notice that I want to make separate  tags for pictures of Joe Bob's
> feet and Joe Bob's hands, since I have a lot of pictures of one
> apendage or the other and want them organized separately. As it is
> now, one would have to create the new tags under a different parent,
> tag the pictures and then delete the original "Joe Bob" tag and
> replace it with a "Joe Bob" category. The situation gets even more
> tricky if I have a number of pictures of Joe Bob's face which I want
> to sit in the "Joe Bob" category without their own sub-tag.
> 
> The example may be a bit ridiculous, but one could easily envision
> this sort of situation for a location or event. Along with the Tag
> Typing and Drag and Drop tag patches of which I have hear, this change
> could make the whole taggin process a bit easier. Plus, there are
> fewer commands and things for new users to figure out, which is always
> good.
> 
> Unless I am missing something, one could simply remove tags all
> together and rename "categories" to "tags" and possibly update the
> database layout (which appears to be happening anyway).
> 
> Sorry for such a long email for a relatively small feature, I got a
> little involved in the example story there :)
> 
> Thanks for a fantastic program, I am eagerly awaiting the newest version,
> Daniel Hackney
> 
> 
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