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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----<BR>
From: cl-wiki-devel-bounces@common-lisp.net on behalf of Vehbi Sinan Tunalioglu<BR>
Sent: Thu 9/8/2005 11:43 PM<BR>
To: clelland@gmail.com<BR>
Cc: cl-wiki-devel@common-lisp.net<BR>
Subject: Re: [cl-wiki-devel] Thoughts about page storage<BR>
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Ian Clelland wrote:<BR>
>> On 9/8/05, Vehbi Sinan Tunalioglu <vehbisinan@gmail.com> wrote:<BR>
>><BR>
>>>:) Ok.<BR>
>>><BR>
>>>"Catalog index pages"? It sounds like a manual way. Am I right?<BR>
>><BR>
>><BR>
>> I can imagine a scheme where, when you put a page into a category, an<BR>
>> index page somewhere gets automatically updated by the wiki... I don't<BR>
>> know if it's a good scheme, but I think you could do that sort of<BR>
>> thing without a lot of manual intervention.<BR>
>><BR>
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>Nice. But how to do that recursively or how to find the category of a<BR>
>given page? Actually, this is a question of whether we want to implement<BR>
>the idea of categories, and if yes, how comprehensive it should be.<BR>
>Stefan, the maintainer, should maybe decide it. But, I think that I'll<BR>
>need a category mechanism that can grow in depth as well, like<BR>
>subcategories.<BR>
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Some questions:<BR>
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- Do we really need categorization feature? (Of course,<BR>
it depends on who uses cl-wiki for which purposes)<BR>
<BR>
- Do we really need automatic update of some index, index page,<BR>
etc.? I mean if I create a category I can update a page. If I forget<BR>
then some time I'll remember, this doesn't pose a disaster.<BR>
<BR>
- Do we really need categories? Refer to Wikipedia. Does it<BR>
have any? I mean, what if I create a page called "Categories" then<BR>
make some alphabetic links (or categories) and place the links<BR>
under them accordingly? Wikipedia doesn't do that automagically (you'll<BR>
have to do a lot of editing), why should cl-wiki do?<BR>
<BR>
My 2 cents (like it or not :)<BR>
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Regards,<BR>
<BR>
Emre Sevinc<BR>
Istanbul Bilgi University<BR>
eMBA Development Team</FONT>
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