On Sep 28, 2005, at 2:09 PM, Ben Scott wrote:
I myself find the concept rather alien, because my first reaction to
any organizational problem is to put things in a hierarchy. I love
hierarchies. But the flat namespace seems to work as well, if not
better. It's also worth pointing out that a flat namespace doesn't
mean there cannot be hierarchy in the organization of the information.
When you get an hour to spare, you might enjoy listening to Clay
Shirky explain why "Ontologies Are Overrated" at:
http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail470.html
I also tend towards the hierarchical divisions, as all my database
work is one-to-many type stuff. However, we have a small enough range
of topics that aggregating them all may be more effective.
I welcome further discussion and dissenting opinions, both online
and/or in meatspace meetings.
Bear in mind there are three webs: Main, Www and Organizational. All
have mixed topics, some duplicated.
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