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(...) Ummmm, WELCOME! <snipped many good categories> (...) I am assuming a mailer problem or you forgot the "r" at the end... :-) Will users be able to categorize their own inventions, and will there be more than one category per invention? If I (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Hmm, Russell's message wasn't actually sent through mail -- it was posted via the web: (URL) this browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 4.01; Mac_PowerPC) According to the raw HTTP/CGI logs for recently posted articles, the incoming text was (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.admin.general)
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Hi Ralph! Good to meet you at MindFest. (...) Yes, users will be able to categorize their own inventions, putting their creations in up to 4 or 5 categories. Regards, Russ (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Russell Stoll <admin@legomindstorms.com> wrote in message news:FKJB41.A1C@lugnet.com... (...) Russ; I would try to put the categories in a tree structure. The for example first branch might be Mobil or Stationary. Then for Mobil the branch might be (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Here's another idea - shamelessly stolen from a great bit of software called SuperJPG. (URL) This is (in my opinion) the best JPG indexing tool available. Anyways, the package lets you add "keys" to your images. It works like this: Suppose you (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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You may wish to consider a combination of a main hierarchical taxonomy (mobile->wheels->...) with tag keys for attributes (contains homebrew sensor). User may search both ways. Eric (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Letting them search both ways might be too much work for the Russell and/or the folks putting this system together. A heirarchical taxonomy is all right as long as it allows for each "node" to have more than one child and more than one parent. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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