[webteam] drupal structure mindmap

[Robert Martinez]

Hal Rottenberg schrieb:
>> One big question that remains open is: shoudl we make XEPs and features
>> taxonomy or nodes?
>> (fot the ones not so familiar with drupal: taxonomy = "tag", while
>> "node" is a customizable page entry)
>>     
>
> This is a non-issue in that nodes and taxonomy are not mutually
> exclusive.  In Drupal, "everything" is a node.  Each piece of content
> is contained with a node and a node can be one of many different types
> (blog post, page, and so on).  Nodes may optionally be categorized
> using the taxonomy structure, which can be a combination of
> hierarchical or non-hierarchical (i.e. tagging).
>
>   
You're right, as far as I know everything is a node (exept for 
comments), but isn't that a bit like saying everything is just ones and 
zeros?
Taxonomy is treated differently than a cck node, and wether you can 
technically make one behave like another does not mean this question is 
unimportant.
Sticking to drupals original architecture as much as possible will 
always result in less problems.
But it looks like we're running into problems with nodes AND with 
taxonomy - so the question is more like:
"Is it easier to tweak drupal the one or the other way?"
Not *IF* the problem can be solved at all.

I can't tell, as I've never been so deep in drupals code (just a bit of 
theming so far).