Refactoring the vocabulary

Benjamin Mesing bensmail at gmx.net
Thu Mar 25 08:31:07 UTC 2010


Hi Tássia


> I'm not sure where to draw the line, I'm proposing that we discuss to
> get somewhere together. The "draft" I've proposed is just a draft :)

I've given it some further thought. As I understand it, the line would be drawn like this:

Facets where we can say: "If the facet has something to do with <Facetname> (e.g. network, x11, etc) the tags in the facet describe additional aspects of this". 
And then there are the other facets (role:: and use:: being perfect examples). 
The distinction is not perfect, e.g. ui:: being a corner case, you could ask: if the facet has a ui, what kind of UI has it? Or you just ask, what kind of UI does it offer. 


> Even though it does interfere with UI-issues, in my point of view it's
> not the main question. I'm thinking of the facets semantics and how
> they could be better related to help us.
> 

The question to me is: What is the real world problem you are trying to solve? What benefit would come from distinguishing facets in such a way? It might be a conceptual step to group facets, but the additional work/complexity should serve a well defined purpose.


> I see the collection of facets/tags described in the vocabulary as a
> result of years of collaborative work, with suggestions from many
> contributors from different backgrounds that not always had the whole
> view of it. Thus once in a while it is a good idea to think of the
> whole thing again.

Sure, and I appreciate that. I am merely stating my opinion on that. My premisis is "Keep it simple" (as long as possible).

Best regards

Ben
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