[Debtags-devel] The rasterimage dilemma (was: Proposed Debtags goals for Etch)

[Enrico Zini]

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On Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 08:26:32PM +0200, Benjamin Mesing wrote:
> > > Btw. we should really get rid of
> > > the rasterimage tag! This is a really nasty technical term.
> > Agreed, though we need to keep the raster/vector distinction.
> > Jargon tagnames are acceptable if search frontends show the
> > description, but then again we could do that the other way round: 
> > Tag: works-with::figure
> > Description: vector-based image formats like... 
> > Tag: works-with::graphics
> > Description: ordinary ("raster-image") graphics formats like...
> I would suggest 
>         Tag: works-with::images
>         Description: raster images graphic like photos, bitmaps,...
>         Tag: works-with::vector-graphic
>         Description: vector graphics like ....
> because I consider graphic to be a more technical term.

Uhm... it's interesting that by proposing a change to hide nasty jargon
("raster image") from users, you keep putting it in the description.

How about instead to keep the tags as they are, but just improve the
description:

Tag: works-with::rasterimage
Description: Pictures made of dots, such as photos and scans

Tag: works-with::vectorgraphics
Description: Pictures made of lines, such as graphs or most clipart

if we are to change the tags instead, I'd do it to have some grouping:

Tag: works-with::image
Description: Images

Tag: works-with::image-raster
Description: Images made of dots, such as photos and scans

Tag: works-with::image-vector
Description: Images made of lines, such as graphs or most clipart


Do you like it like this?


Ciao,

Enrico

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