Only one HTML file per folder? Hardly.
It's a grouping system. You group posts by category. Tags allow you
finer control over that that doesn't require sub-categories (you can
have the same tag across totally different categories).
Tags also were intended as a kind of meta information.
If people mis-apply categories or tags, that doesn't mean the system is
broken. They aren't mutually exclusive either, they can complement each
other perfectly.
I agree WP is making it easier to mis-apply them though. The comparison
to Flickr makes sense if you include their sets - the sets are like
categories. It is just that Flickr uses tags as a primary navigation,
and sets as a second. WP is the other way around. That makes more sense
for publishing, where you'll have a broad area you are writing about but
other smaller details that still warrant some kind of mention.
"I feel that, especially with "tag" becoming a more widely
used term, WP's admin ui should refer to categories as tags."
That would be a complete an utter mis-labeling. They are two separate
things.
-- Gregory Wild-Smith
Sean Hayford O'Leary wrote:
I've been toying with this thought since 1.2, but it seems all the
more relevant with 1.6/2.0.
Categories aren't really categories anymore. Here's the thought: Each
item fits into ONE category, just as an HTML file might fit into ONE
folder (taxonomy).
But in WP (especially with on-the-fly category additions), it's really
more like tags (folksonomy).
Look at Flickr's tags and look at the traditional directory/file
taxonomy structure. In my opinion WP's categories far better resemble
tags than taxonomy.
Basic point: I feel that, especially with "tag" becoming a more widely
used term, WP's admin ui should refer to categories as tags.
What do you guys think?
--
Sean Hayford O'Leary
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