Repeat for those on email On Tuesday, 9 July 2019 22:50:40 UTC+2, @TiddlyTweeter wrote: > > This a difficult logical problem, not just in TW, but in much sortware. > > Bear with me. > > An issue is we use HTML lists for representation of structural hierarchy. > > We go good at nesting them and delving through complex nested hierachy > (e.g. bimlas' excellent recent work). > > But there is still a probem. > > The problem is combining equality with hierachy. > > To try make this clearer. Its easy in TW to, through tagging, accurately > depict ... > > .father > .son > .son's daughter > > but very difficult to depict > > .father + .mother > .son + .wife > .daughter > > I'm not sure you may even understand what I'm talking about. > > ONE this is very clear to me is that HTML lists can only depict SINGULAR > HIERARCHY. It can branch but it can't conjoin. That is a serious limitation > on the depiction of actual things. > > Like every net thing TW is limited by what is expressed in HTML. But I > think its an interesting issue. Some limitations, I think, in TW, arise > directly out of the limits of HTML lists. > > Thoughts > Josiah > > > >
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