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

[Boniface Lau]

> From: Peter Van Dijck
>  
> 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?

ISTM what you have described is a Situation Hierarchy - a hierarchy
that may vary with situations even though the same set of organization
principles is applied to the same content.

What accounts for the variation is the situational input required to
come up with a hierarchy for the situation at hand.


Boniface