[Zope-CMF] List of subject/metadata sets?

[seb bacon]

Yep, great idea.  I think there's a fairly tricky problem to solve
here, though, which is that a list of categories from dmoz would be
rather large.  Really we need the subject field to be heirarchical,
too.  It would mean making a new Subject class with a tree structure,
I guess.  However, the first question I have is what might it look
like in the metadata interface?  An 'explorer' expandable tree with
tick boxes next to each category, perhaps?  Similary, how would such a
field get indexed?  I think we probably need to wait for drop-in
indexes for this.  Just thinking aloud.

cheers,

seb


* Jon Edwards <jon@pcgs.freeserve.co.uk> [010605 14:22]:
> I havent had a chance to play properly with the new metadata tool yet, but
> it's a great idea IMHO, and I wondered whether people think it would be
> useful to start compiling a list of standard subject/metadata lists?
> 
> For example, you can get the category hierarchy list from dmoz.org from
> http://dmoz.org/rdf.html ; and the NewsML Topic Set from
> http://www.iptc.org/ (click on Subject Codes in the menu near the top letf).
> 
> Both of these are in XML, so it should be possible to automate importing the
> whole thing, or just a branch to suit the needs of your site? Could save
> people a lot of time trying to invent their own categories?
> 
> Does anyone know of any other useful examples, either general, or specific
> to a certain subject/industry? If you want, mail them to me and I'll compile
> a list to post back here... or maybe it would be useful on a page on the
> dogbowl?
> 
> Cheers, Jon
> 
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