Tag Archives: Folder Structures

If you create a folder, please populate it

By sorrythatusernameisalready.com | Published: March 31, 2010

I have certain expectations when it comes to taxonomies, both from the user point of view, and from the creator standpoint. One of the most basic rules is this: if you create a folder, populate it. Do not leave a folder empty. Nothing is more irritating than to browse or drill through a taxonomy that [...]

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A taxonomy of interesting and unusual folder names

By sorrythatusernameisalready.com | Published: March 9, 2010

I help people get themselves and their content organized. Whether it’s a taxonomy, controlled vocabulary, thesauri or an ontology, I assist people in bringing order to what, to them, seems like chaos. To help people establish a taxonomy, one of the steps in my process is to examine and audit their content in its current [...]

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