[Sigia-l] The A>B, B>A problem

[m.milano]

perhaps you can find some name along the mathematical lines
of kinship.

the commutative identification property/problem of
hierarchy?

(in math, changing the order of 2 numbers either being
added or multiplied does NOT change the resulting value.
a+b = b+a)

/m/milano


--- Peter Van Dijck <peter at poorbuthappy.com> wrote:

> Is there a name for the problem when, if you are stuck
> with designing a 
> simple hierarchy for the web, you have to choose between
> "Wine > France 
>  > ..." or "France > Wine > ..." and there is no best
> choice because 
> users have differing needs? I know this problem has come
> back in almost 
> every taxonomy (that is a simple hierarchy) that I have
> ever done. So I 
> was wondering if there exists a name for it? Library
> scientists?
> 
> If not, we should probably coin one...