[TYPO3-ect] Proposal: Tagging Extensions before publishing / Soft validation against other tags [Re: FYI 3 x nusoap-extension ?!]

[JoH]

>>> this is indeed a huge problem.
>>> I have even see core developers doing the same thing,
>>> what can we do about it?
>>
>> what do you think about this approach:
>>
>> Before an extension gets published to the official TER the developer
>> has to tag it with at least three different tags, that describe the
>> core-features of the extension best.
>>
>> Eg. the nusoap-extension could have
>>
>>   NuSoap, Web Service, Library
>
> this may be interesting in this context. Michael Scharkow seems to be
> working on a new category system for TER based on Patricks researches
> in the wiki:
>
> http://wiki.typo3.org/index.php/Extensionscategories

Tagging is a good idea, but IMHO this only makes sense if you can create
your own tags _and_ get a selection of the tags that are already existing in
the TER.

In case of a shop system this might not be necessary since most of the
people would categorize it as being what it is: a shop. But in other cases
it might be just like trying to search google without the proper term at
hand. So it would be useful to provide people with existing tags and, if
they don't fit their needs, give them a text field to create a new tag.

Together with a tag cloud of the whole TER this could be interesting to get
a graphical overview and find out about the spreading of the different
categories.

Joey

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