[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #3723: Tagging

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#3723: Tagging
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 Reporter:  ryan         |        Owner:  ryan
     Type:  enhancement  |       Status:  new 
 Priority:  normal       |    Milestone:  2.2 
Component:  General      |      Version:  2.1 
 Severity:  normal       |   Resolution:      
 Keywords:  tags         |  
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Comment (by majelbstoat):

 I can appreciate that they are similar and it would be tempting to reuse
 an existing table.  I just think you'll be sacrificing lots of flexibility
 in the process.  What if you want to add a new column relevant to only
 tags in the future?  You end up adding it to a table full of categories,
 where many of the fields will just be blank, because they aren't relevant
 to that category/tag/link category.

 I agree that the user-experience is the most important thing, but having a
 good technical implementation is very important in allowing developers to
 create that experience.  The name of the table isn't important so much as
 the separation.  Ryan's first diff defined a simple and effective schema.
 It allows easy integration with bbPress.  Plugin authors can add columns
 to the tags table separately to add new functionality applying only to
 tags.  That, or something similar, would be the implementation that got my
 vote.

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