[Sigia-l] The category of "Miscellaneous"

[Marcin Roszkowski]

Hello,

In my opinion the category of "Miscellaneous" is the worst solution of the categorization problem. What does the term "Miscellanaous" means anyway? (Everything means nothing) The main goal of the process of categorizing information is to bring ORDER not the confusion. If we cannot put object into the category, we should consider, if the category is costructed or if the object is really needed. In my opinion, giving the "category" "Miscellaneous" is total nonsense. It is like putting in our taxonomy a black hole where we can put anything we like. When the idea of category Miscellaneous is showing up, we should consider a better analysis of the information set.