> And no more hierachies! Why should we be forced to think in such unnatural
> ways? The property based path is much preferable, IMHO, to hierarchical
> filesystem/xpath like paths. e.g.
> /module=FooBar::Blam/language=Perl/author
> /language=Perl/module=FooBar::Blam/author
> or for another example:
> /appointments/year=2002/month=feb/day=16/time=1300-1900
> /date=today/afternoon/appointments
> OK. Rant over. Time to get coding.
> A
This is a fascinating angle; is there any discussion or literature
about this approach? Even knowing a name for it would help:
would 'non-hierarchical taxonomy' serve.
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"Irony is what they make two-edged swords from."
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