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

[Oliver Hader]

Hi,

JoH wrote:
>>>> 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.

You're right in that point. What I wanted to prevent was, that these
tags come up wildly, like "guestbook", "guest book",
"G-U-E-S-T-B-O-O-K". Of course they should be extendable by the user.


olly
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