Tree vs field

Organising Content

Categories Tagging Classification Scheme

Exact vs AmbiguousWe currently use an exact model:

1. Category - Media2. Subcategory - Stage3. Documents

e.g.Cross-media > Creating new Digital Media (Cross-media) > Screencast

TreeCross-media > Creating new Digital Media (Cross-media) > Screencast Workflow

The only path to the Screencast Workflow

Decision tree

Users navigate through a heirarchy

Each resource can only be reached by a single route:

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By allowing free tagging, a resource can have a single location…

…but appear in multiple categories…

…increasing findability

Venn tagsif we allow resources to be grouped socially…

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Venn tagsthen user decisions become inclusive

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Venn tags…not exclusive

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Venn tagsand finding the right resource…

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Venn tags…by a series of dialogues…

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Venn tagsyields a set of associated areas, ordered by relevance

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