The missing puzzle piece that prevents this change from happening is what we're trying to flesh out in the Relation project: http://drupal.org/project/relation - still pre-alpha, still bound to major API/design changes, but we're slowly getting there.
sun > -----Original Message----- > From: development-boun...@drupal.org > [mailto:development-boun...@drupal.org] On Behalf Of Athanasios Velios > Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 7:04 PM > To: development@drupal.org > Subject: [development] D8: Merge taxonomy, book and node modules? > > Hello, > > Can I alert you to a recent post on the forums > (http://drupal.org/node/1035470) which I think deserves some > discussion. > > I wonder if indeed there is any difference between the > taxonomy terms and nodes after D7. Often developed taxonomies > with descriptions and examples are considered content > themselves. I appreciate that if the two > (three) modules are merged, the idea of a "concept" versus > its "implementation"/example will disappear, therefore the > relation of say a species animal versus my pet will not > exist. But arguably, since all examples are somewhat > different from one another (i.e. my pet's characteristics > make it a unique living organism), one would say that the > examples become part of the taxonomy (i.e. my pet is a > sub-sub-species). Therefore having one taxonomy can, in fact, > include all content. > > Does this make sense? > > Thanasis >
