Comments on: Taxonomies, Good, Bad, or Ugly?

By: Folders, A Nutritious Part of Your Content Management Diet « Word of Pie

Folders, A Nutritious Part of Your Content Management Diet « Word of Pie — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 22:06:36 +0000

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By: Pie

Pie — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:50:32 +0000

I have trouble finding it myself. I learned it a long time ago and when I saw it in the cited article, it wasn’t new information. The article does not cite it’s source for it, so I’m at a dead-end.

It roughly equates to 8-13 per folder per level. My revised formula is 9-16 items per level. There is a lot of averaging here as some will fall under that range and others will fall above. The average works out usually.

So if it isn’t widely-used and I was incorrect, then maybe it should be widely-used.

-Pie

By: Bob Boeri

Bob Boeri — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:11:20 +0000

I really like your “rule of thumb” about folder depth — log base 10 of the number of documents. It feels right, and I believe applies to hierarchical structures besides folders — facets in search, site navigation, …

However, here is my question: Where did you find this “widely used” rule of thumb? I’ve looked all over and can’t find the source (or other users of this rule).

Thanks! -Bob

By: Pie

Pie — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:05:42 +0000

I’ve never had experience with folksonomy directly outside of simple ones like WordPress. The only problem I’ve ever had with similar approaches is getting all of the users to apply the appropriate tags. Just a few meta data tags has proven challenging at times, depending on the user community.

However, I can see its value for more of a KM type system. That would be a pretty good approach if the users were committed to making it work.

By: jeremi

jeremi — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:35:41 +0000

Hi,
What do you think about folksonomy?
It’s another way to organize data. User can collaborate tagging document for them or the community. The sum of users will help organizing the content of the company.