From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihnss!ihps3!stolaf!sft Newsgroups: net.news Title: Re: Keywords vs. Newsgroups Article-I.D.: stolaf.390 Posted: Sun Jun 20 23:24:31 1982 Received: Tue Jun 22 03:12:04 1982 --- automatically generated keywords? For articles as short as most net submissions, automatic generation of keywords is very unreliable. I've seen several articles around the net referring to the "HP 2621", for example, without ever mentioning the (key)word "terminal". Manual generation of keywords also allows us to maintain a common set of keywords throughout the net. If we agree that all articles about terminals will be marked with the keyword "terminal", then I don't have to specify all the other names for such things (HP 2621, CRT, screen, etc.) to get the articles I want. The newsgroup system encourages people to use an existing newsgroup if their submissions fit into one of the established categories, and to create a new group when they don't. We need to maintain that global organization in any system.Whatever system we choose for identifying the first article on a subject, we still need a better way of handling followups! Ignoring internals for the moment... If I choose not to read an article (answer "n" to "More [ynq]?"), I shouldn't see the followups to that article. If I do choose to read the article ("y" or ), I should see the followups. Of course, we also need commands to turn on/off the followups to any given article. Steve Tarr ...!ihnss!ihps3!stolaf!sft ...!harpo!stolaf!sft