[Digikam-devel] [Bug 128533] Why nested tags? What about freeform/freestyle tagging?

[Dragan Espenschied]

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------- Additional Comments From drx a-blast org  2007-01-14 19:15 -------
Hi Tim,

in my original "bug report" i complained about the nested tagging because at the moment it is the only tagging there is. Of course the damage is already done and people have keyworded or tagged their pictures with nested tags. It is understandable that you do not want to lose your elaborate organization that you made with the current system.

Still, nested tags are not needed, because tags "auto-nest", given a reasonable interface. If your frog just has one tag "kermit" that is nested in "frog" what again is nested in "amphibians", your frog has actually three tags. If all of them are displayed under the picture after you navigated in from the other way ("amphibians" -> "frogs" -> "kermit") is a matter of interface design. But nesting doesn't save from "clutter" per se and flat tags don't create it. -- Maybe digiKam calls for a good order because it is so difficult to assign and create a new tag that you really think thrice before doing it.

Also, spaces in tags are not bound to nested tags, tags could also be separated with commas or semicolons or whatever. (Yes, underscores are not looking good.)

Finally, the interface how it is now doesn't really allow me to "ignore" the nested tags, because it is so much optimized for nesting. Tags have huge icons next to them, which doesn't allow me to use as many tags as i would need to have the required "rhizomatic" order. There is just no screenspace! Also, the process of creating a new tag is as clumsy as creating a new folder on the desktop and making symlinks from one picture into several folders. (This is more or less what the nested tags are simulating in spirit.) This disallows the now so popular tagging techniques.

Best greetings,
drx