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)
(...) 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)
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)
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)
