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cheese shop: tagging and dating

The first thing I look at when examining a module is how often it is
updated. Unfortunately, the entries there dont show this. Eg:

http://www.python.org/pypi/PySimpleXML/1.0

Second, it seems that tagging is more popular than the hierarchical
browsing method currently offered by Cheese Shop. Are there efforts
underway to support a tagging interface for the cheeseshop?

Mar 18 '07 #1
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"me**********@gmail.com" <me**********@gmail.comwrites:
The first thing I look at when examining a module is how often it is
updated. Unfortunately, the entries there dont show this. Eg:

http://www.python.org/pypi/PySimpleXML/1.0

Second, it seems that tagging is more popular than the hierarchical
browsing method currently offered by Cheese Shop. Are there efforts
underway to support a tagging interface for the cheeseshop?
I believe hierarchies are easier when there's a lot of information. You go
browsing by topic.

If there are only tags available, you'd have to look for hundreds of tags to
see if none of the possible names for the "thing" has been used ("database",
"db", "relational", "orm", "mapper", etc.).

Ammending the current hierarchic structure with an alternate tag interface
would be interesting, though. But not making it the main interface or the
only one.

Tags are cool when they are few. They are a nightmare when there are hundreds
or thousands of them to search for something.

--
Jorge Godoy <jg****@gmail.com>
Mar 18 '07 #2
Jorge Godoy wrote:
"me**********@gmail.com" <me**********@gmail.comwrites:
>The first thing I look at when examining a module is how often it is
updated. Unfortunately, the entries there dont show this. Eg:

http://www.python.org/pypi/PySimpleXML/1.0

Second, it seems that tagging is more popular than the hierarchical
browsing method currently offered by Cheese Shop. Are there efforts
underway to support a tagging interface for the cheeseshop?

I believe hierarchies are easier when there's a lot of information. You
go browsing by topic.

If there are only tags available, you'd have to look for hundreds of tags
to see if none of the possible names for the "thing" has been used
("database", "db", "relational", "orm", "mapper", etc.).
Jorge presents a perfect example of why I've always resisted adding
arbitrary keywords as meta-data to the Cheese Shop set.

If you want arbitrary searches like this (say you think that the database
module you want to find has "tagged" itself with "db"), use the search box.
It'll search names and descriptions. And then when you don't find a match,
you can try "database" and then "relational" and then ... or you could use
the browse interface to search using the one valid term, "Topic ::
Database"

This meta-data isn't about enabling package maintainer artistic creativity
in describing packages, it's about making packages discoverable for end
users.
Richard

Mar 18 '07 #3

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