[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #17477: Simplify Taxonomy System

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#17477: Simplify Taxonomy System
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 Reporter:               |      Owner:
  mikeschinkel           |     Status:  new
     Type:  enhancement  |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
 Priority:  normal       |    Version:
Component:  Taxonomy     |   Keywords:  needs-patch 2nd-opinion dev-
 Severity:  normal       |  feedback
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 Mark Jaquith has said he would like to see WordPress
 ''[http://wpcandy.com/recommends/thoughts-on-what-2011-might-hol-for-
 wordpress "Simplify taxonomy table structure by merging term and term
 taxonomy tables"].''

 Basically the idea ''(I think)'' is to merge the `wp_terms` table into the
 `wp_term_taxonomy` table.  Will we keep the name `wp_term_taxonomy` or
 will it get changed to another table name, with a different schema, of
 course? And what should the updated schema be?  Further, would doing this
 drive addition of [http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/10142 taxonomy
 meta?]

 If this is going to be something addressed in WordPress it would be nice
 to kickstart the process sooner than later. This is coming up because it's
 a concern mentioned during our
 [http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/14513#comment:80 object
 relationships plugin discussion].

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