Re: [Fofredux-devel] Some features to think about

[Andrew T. <ajt...@hi...>]

On 5/17/06, Kevin <ke...@dr...> wrote:
>
> > We had discussed moving read/unread/saved to tags, which provides you
> > with the mixed case scenario you gave. It also takes out a lot of
> > "special handling" in the logic. Perhaps just keep the "read" flag but
> > move the saved to a tag.
>
> Yea, we figured the item flag really is just a special kind of tag.  By
> using the tag <-> item relationship in the database we can add new flags
> or alter their behavior without changing the db schema.
>
>   We could add a field to the tag table to mark tags for internal use.
> They would be filtered from view so the user could not directly
> add/remove a reserved tag from an item.  That will be handled internally
> by the item model code.
>

I like this idea. It keeps searches and such simpler - less fields and
compexity.


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> Kevin
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Andrew Turner
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