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#+title : A good tagging system for files for reducing information overload
#+date : "2020-06-24 14:33:42 +08:00"
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#+date_modified : "2021-05-07 23:23:40 +08:00"
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#+language : en
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Stealing from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rckSVmYCH90 ][this talk ]], the best (personal) practice for tagging include the following.
- Limiting the vocabulary into a set number.
The author recommends to limit it to 100 but lesser is better.
- Tags should always be in plural.
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- Keep tags general (e.g., =sports= instead of =bowling= , =basketball= , or =volleyball= ).
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- No tags should be derived from file extensions (e.g., photographs, books, documents).
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In my case, this is not enough since we want tags for specific things.
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- Any topic-specific should be appended as a subtag (e.g., =sports.bowling= , =sports.basketball= , =sports.volleyball= ).
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If a subtag are established enough, then you may classify it as a general tag.
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* References
[[https://www.fun-mooc.fr/courses/course-v1:inria+41016+self-paced/info ][Reproducible research: principles for transparent science ]], Module 1: Lab books and notebooks, Section 5: Finding one's way with tags and desktop search application, retrieved as of June 2020 (2020-06-24)
