Re: [Fofredux-devel] beta v0.2 ready for testing

[Kevin <ke...@dr...>]

> I think what I'm trying to say is tags are great - but are often too
> explicit/small. For example, in my del.icio.us tags, I tend to have 3
> or 4 bookmarks with any 1 tag. This makes them not that useful for
> broad readings. I want more than just "cocoa" or "auto" tags. I want
> "Politics" or "Technology".
>
> I guess I'm just being too picky. Using tags in general would let me
> go ahead and mark these broad generalizations for feeds and then read
> a group of feeds based on "Technology" etc. So I think just supporting
> tags is fine (albeit much harder).
>
> What about the problem of "tag soup". People are very liberal with
> tagging - and not always consistent either. Any suggestions?

The tag consistency problem could be handled using tag aliases.  Multiple
names could be attached to tags and are only used for RSS item category
auto-tagging.

Example:
   I have an existing tag of "windows"
   I have a feed that uses the rss item category of "Windows XP"
   I create a tag alias "Windows XP" which points to the real tag "window=
s"
   When the item is inserted and auto-tagged using the rss item category,=
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it will follow the alias and tag the item using "windows", instead of
"Windows XP"

What do you think?   Most of my rss feeds don't use the optional category
feature, but I can see the value in this.

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Kevin