nested tags inheriting - any way to change?

[jdrpersonal21]

hi

i tried to find an answer to this but couldn't - hope i'm not repeating.

when i nest tags by using the dot method, i end up with documents tagged twice. so let's say i tag something. "Philosophy&Theory.Political", the tag column will list both the Philosophy&Theory tag as well as Philosophy&Theory.Political tag. I'd prefer to just have the latter. Is there a way to do that?

[chaley]

Originally Posted by jdrpersonal21

hi

i tried to find an answer to this but couldn't - hope i'm not repeating.

when i nest tags by using the dot method, i end up with documents tagged twice. so let's say i tag something. "Philosophy&Theory.Political", the tag column will list both the Philosophy&Theory tag as well as Philosophy&Theory.Political tag. I'd prefer to just have the latter. Is there a way to do that?

That happens if:

• There is actually a tag named "Philosophy&Theory" in addition to a tag named "Philosophy&Theory.Political".
• Both tags are applied to the same book.

Use the Tag browser (the left-hand pane) to check if both tags exist. Clicking on a tag with children (like your example) will offer 4 searches:

• Books with exactly the tag (the tag you are clicking on and its parents if any) (a green +)
• Books without exactly the tag (a green -)
• Books with the tag and any of its children (a green ++)
• Books without thie tag and any of its children (a green --)

Example: two tags, "a" and "a.b". Two books have "a", two books have "a.b". One book has both.


Click on "a" to see the green +. You see books with "a". "a.b" shows on the book with both "a" and "a.b". You don't see the book with only "a.b".


Click on "a" to see the green ++. You see books with "a" and its children, in this case "a.b". This is all three books.


Click on "b" to see the green +. You see books with "a.b" You see "a" on the book with both tags. You don't see the book with "a" but not "a.b".