[Xesam] RFC: Tags as first class objects

[Marko Anastasov]

On Dec 11, 2007 11:08 AM, Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
<mikkel.kamstrup at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/12/2007, Marko Anastasov <marko.anastasov at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I disagree about tags that do not apply to any files. I think that as soon
> > as a tag's assign count becomes zero, it should be removed from the
> > metadata store. The user does not see it any more, and probably does
> > not need it, and should re-enter it again if necessary. It would seem like
> > metadata junk that grows without user's knowledge - when would you
> > say that a store should delete them?
>
> Hmm, I don't think that should up to the metadata store to decide (when tags
> should be pruned).
>
> Pruning empty tags also makes it impossible to map some metadata systems
> like GMail, which perfectly fine handles empty tags.

I did not realize this. So I guess it should be up to applications to decide
what they want to do with empty tags. Ok.

    Marko