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-Eugene
On Fri, 16 Nov 2001, Alex Shapiro wrote:
> http://semanticstudios.com/publications/semantics/speed.html
>
> "So What's Wrong With Taxonomies
> Size
> Following in the footsteps of the Dewey Decimal System, Yahoo took a
> highly pre-coordinate approach, attempting to create controlled
> vocabulary terms (i.e., names of categories) for every imaginable
> subject. The result? An informal count suggests more than 67,000
> categories in Yahoo with roughly 4 to 8 levels of hierarchy between the
> main page and actual content. That's a lot of vocabulary to manage.
> Portals that take this approach wind up growing an enormous category
> structure that constrains their ability to adapt."
>
> --Alex
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