-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Benjamin Mesing schrieb: > Hello > > >>However, I'm not sure about the inclusion of the expanded name in the short >>description. It works nicely with HTTP, but then there are other protocols >>like >>CORBA == Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA). >>I was mainly thinking about using these descriptions in a dropdown box or in a >>web interface, were the space matters. If this is not a problem (what do the >>authors of package browsers/managers say?), then we would better do it like >>this. > > Hmmm, we have a policy (though I don't know if it is written somewhere > except the list archive) of a tags short descriptions being no longer > than 65 (or something close) characters. I also think that a pure > repitition of the acronym adds no additional value (unless you hide the > tag name...). I think the short description should add some information > to the sole tag name. Okay, CORBA is still much shorter than than. But take the new package browser enrico posted today: the tag name is not shown, only the short description, which is a good thing (tm) for everybody who doesn't think in category::subcategory.
> What do the others think here? > > Having looked through the tag sdec's there are indeed a number of them > which only repeat the tag name (like works-with::fax, works-with::xml, > use::learning). > > Note that the decision made here could become a general policy for such > cases even outside the protocol facet. There are loads of cases: > * works-with::sgml, > * works-with::xml, > * works-with::rss > * suite::zope > * web::cgi > * ... I think that we actually need a general policy on what belongs into the short description. In the role facet, we have the "sub-facet" name in parentheses, we might make tagging easier, but looks a bit displaced in the web interface. greetings Torsten - -- Torsten Marek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ID: A244C858 -- FP: 1902 0002 5DFC 856B F146 894C 7CC5 451E A244 C858 Keyserver: subkeys.pgp.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDdjXffMVFHqJEyFgRAhVbAJ458YwE7YaotioVgm6hSA0sqlllpwCgp9+t /bAGlKykrTSW0ne+8r1nzB0= =qvp6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Debtags-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/debtags-devel
