Forum OpenACS Q&A: Re: Categorization of users

2: Re: Categorization of users (response to 1)

Posted by Richard Hamilton on 07/30/04 11:40 PM

Malte,

I am just about to start working to help Mattew Geddert with his contacts package and it seemed to me that acs categories were probably the correct way to allow for categorisation of contact details within the contacts package.

If categories are used in that way for contacts (a matter of policy to decide), it would be logical for a category to be considered a valid attribute for filtering in many other packages including the Weblogger and the Project Manager.

I am sure that there will be many generic applications for categories so maybe we should begin by creating a top line set of root categories which are pre-set in a shipped open-acs. This would provide both initial functionality 'out of the box' and also some guidance on usage by example.

Regards
Richard

3: Re: Categorization of users (response to 2)

Posted by Malte Sussdorff on 08/01/04 09:23 AM

You may be aware that we do have a categories package in OpenACS which works on every acs-object, thereby allowing us to categorize even users, as they are objects as well.

I'm just wondering how to best integrate this from a UI point of view and if it is possible to mount a category tree of the category system to a special subsite, linked with the acs-object type "user" (well, okay, I guess the type is called differently, but it is before breakfast on a sunny day....).

Though I like the idea of root categories, I'm not sure what these categories would be, so that they are generic enough for all sites to use.

Either way I'm happy to have found someone interested in this topic, so let's continue this thread and talk about our ideas.