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[Trevor Phillips]

On Monday 21 June 2004 12:35, Bernd Felsche wrote:
> 
> The disadvantage is that it doesn't lend itself to a hierarchical
> structure and a plethora of tags may be just as confusing as a
> bucket-load of folders.

Heirarchical structures are overrated. (Nice broad statement, eh? ^_^)
I used to be a big advocate of heirarchies (I wrote a task-management system 
from scratch because the existing one didn't have any heirarchy), and they 
definitely have their place. However, through use of such systems, as well as 
the design, doing a quick keyword search is often much more useful than 
rummaging through categories.

As an example, Murdoch have this quite powerful Links Index. You want 
something, and it's important, it'll be in there. It's heirarchical dozens of 
different ways, categorised, etc, etc... And most people (including myself) 
just chuck a keyword into the search box.

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