On Wednesday 14 September 2005 12:08 am, Mark Rages wrote: > This point seems orthogonal to mine. I thought we were talking about > a part browser, and the best way to arrange the library to find > desired parts. > > If parts from different manufacturers have significant differences in > behavior, then of course they will need to be distinct parts -- > regardless of whether you have a heirarchy or tags system. In fact, > allow me to assert the tags system will still work better. > > Unless you are propsing an *inheritance* system, where you would > define a basic part and then subclass it for each manufacturer's > specific characteristics. *shudder* I absolutely agree with you. Common sense tells me that the KISS principle should be applied when designing the directory structure. Also, I agree with you that inheritance would create a mess. OTOH, this is a complex issue that is not simple - I'm not sure exactly how tags could totally solve this issue. If you could, please explain. Regards Marvin
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