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tags are great when you know what you're looking for but are terrible for browsing a new dataset. this is especially true when you're the newbie eg on a projec
by fungiblecog 5y ago
tags are great when you know what you're looking for but are terrible for browsing a new dataset.
this is especially true when you're the newbie eg on a project and you didn't have any input into the tag structure.
- japanuspus 5y agoThis. Hierarchy allows a simple manual traversal, leading to better discoverability.
- sgc 5y agoAny tag based system should have a breadcrumb function that allows for manual traversal.
- kmort 5y agoI've recently built a tagging system based on SKOS [1]. This supports hierarchical as well as associative relationships between tags (while not strictly requiring either), as well as ad hoc groups of tags. While SKOS was intended for more formal vocabularies, I've found its use as a basis for a tagging system makes exploration and navigation of a topic area reasonably organic, as it allows users to specify relationships only as they see as fit and intuitive. [1]: https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-primer/ https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-primer/
- sgc 5y agoThere just needs to be a default view that shows you the most important tags to start from - either by most used files, or largest number of files, or most active recent changes, or as managed by someone. The nice thing about tags is all of those could be top level tabs and you are sailing.