From: Charlie Stross (charlie@antipope.org)
Date: Wed Jan 17 2001 - 09:30:22 MST
On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 03:06:24PM -0500, Harvey Newstrom wrote:
>
> I just realized that a logical tree structure or path-name would
> useful. This would allow the reader to determine which subtopic is
> being discussed, find the relationship between topics, and filter on
> whole categories.
>
> Thus, a flame about the recent elections could have the prefix of
> "POLITICS/GOVERNMENT/PROCESS/ELECTION/PRESIDENTIAL/2000/STATE/FLORIDA/BALLOT/SUBTYPE/BUTTERFLY/COMMENT/NEGATIVE/REPLY/LONGISH:"
>
> What could be more user-friendly?
We obviously need relative pathnames, so that we can signal topic
drift by saying something like ../../POSITIVE/BENEFITS ("let's look
on the bright side of this ...") or ../../FLAME/HOT/HOTTER/HOTTEST
("your granny wears army boots and your dad smells of elderberries!").
Oh, and we need national or cultural signifiers: USA, NOTUSA, APPLEPIE,
COMMIESUBVERSION, BELGIUM and so on.
-- Charlie
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