Tag intersections already do this, in a way. If you tag something "science fiction", and you want to find something marked "science" and "fiction", then you just look at
http://del.icio.us/tag/science+fiction As far as I'm concerned, this makes it more accurate since it'll not only show up as "science+fiction" but "science" and "fiction" too, which is a small but useful difference. On 22/12/05, William Van De Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Wouldn't it be a good idea to develop a tag that allows for two, maybe even > three, descriptors? > > Today I bookmarked a page whose main theme,was "culture shock". That is a > common phrase or term; another, obviously, would be "science fiction". I am > new to this list and perhaps this topic has already been discussed (and > discarded), so I apologize if I'm raising an issue that has already been > dealt with, but I think a tag with multiple descriptors would enhance both > ends of the bookmarking process: It would allow for more accurate tagging, > i.e., description of the page you're tagging, and it would allow the > searcher more flexibility, and maybe even precision, in searching for stuff. > Is a tag like "uscongress" a good thing? Does it matter? Am I > underestimating the power of scale in this process? > > freequark > > _______________________________________________ > discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.del.icio.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > -- -mike _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.del.icio.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
