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Simone Nardi
Oct 5, 2025, 12:50:28 AM (7 days ago) Oct 5
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Hi,
It would be really nice and useful to group keywords by purpose, like in this example — especially the locations:
It would be really nice and useful to group keywords by purpose, like in this example — especially the locations:
What do you think, can we give it some thought?
Best,
Simone
Jochen G.
Oct 5, 2025, 5:15:21 AM (7 days ago) Oct 5
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The taggit-library we are using doesn't support this in-house. Means we
would need to develop everything or switch to a different library and
change our whole handling of keywords
https://djangopackages.org/grids/g/tagging/
Jochen
Am 05.10.25 um 06:50 schrieb Simone Nardi:
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would need to develop everything or switch to a different library and
change our whole handling of keywords
https://djangopackages.org/grids/g/tagging/
Jochen
Am 05.10.25 um 06:50 schrieb Simone Nardi:
> Hi,
> It would be really nice and useful to group keywords by purpose, like in
> this example — especially the locations:
>
> https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Absolute_Batman_Vol_1_11 <https://
> It would be really nice and useful to group keywords by purpose, like in
> this example — especially the locations:
>
> dc.fandom.com/wiki/Absolute_Batman_Vol_1_11>
>
> What do you think, can we give it some thought?
>
> Best,
>
> Simone
>
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Simone Nardi
Oct 5, 2025, 5:40:14 AM (7 days ago) Oct 5
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Hi Jochen,
I understand that taggit doesn’t support hierarchies.
One possible solution could be to layer it with django-mptt, in order to build a hybrid taxonomy on top of taggit.
This way, we can continue using taggit as a flat tagging system while adding a hierarchical level to categorize tags (locations, characters, objects, companies, etc.), making them more searchable and scalable.
1) Structure
We create a tree model (e.g. ParentTaxonomy) with django-mptt that defines the hierarchies, for example:
Locations → USA → Gotham → Batcave
Characters → Heroes → Batman Family → Robin
Objects → Vehicles → Bat-vehicles → Batmobile
Companies → Wayne Group → Wayne Enterprises → R&D
2) Mapping
The current taggit tags become the leaf nodes of this structure.
3) Search
When searching for a parent (e.g. Batman Family), the backend uses django-mptt to fetch all descendant tags (e.g. Robin, Batgirl, etc.) and passes them to taggit for querying.
This way, we keep compatibility with taggit while gaining the search flexibility we need.
What do you think?
I understand that taggit doesn’t support hierarchies.
One possible solution could be to layer it with django-mptt, in order to build a hybrid taxonomy on top of taggit.
This way, we can continue using taggit as a flat tagging system while adding a hierarchical level to categorize tags (locations, characters, objects, companies, etc.), making them more searchable and scalable.
1) Structure
We create a tree model (e.g. ParentTaxonomy) with django-mptt that defines the hierarchies, for example:
Locations → USA → Gotham → Batcave
Characters → Heroes → Batman Family → Robin
Objects → Vehicles → Bat-vehicles → Batmobile
Companies → Wayne Group → Wayne Enterprises → R&D
2) Mapping
The current taggit tags become the leaf nodes of this structure.
3) Search
When searching for a parent (e.g. Batman Family), the backend uses django-mptt to fetch all descendant tags (e.g. Robin, Batgirl, etc.) and passes them to taggit for querying.
This way, we keep compatibility with taggit while gaining the search flexibility we need.
What do you think?
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Jochen G.
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I know that there are libraries that one can put on top of taggit. Still
it would mean we would need to implement everything to really use it.
At least django-mptt is currently unmaintained, so other libraries, e.g.
django-treebeard, seem more feasible.
Feel free to investigate if and how it can be done.
Jochen
Am 05.10.25 um 11:39 schrieb Simone Nardi:
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> > dc.fandom.com/wiki/Absolute_Batman_Vol_1_11 <http://
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it would mean we would need to implement everything to really use it.
At least django-mptt is currently unmaintained, so other libraries, e.g.
django-treebeard, seem more feasible.
Feel free to investigate if and how it can be done.
Jochen
Am 05.10.25 um 11:39 schrieb Simone Nardi:
> Hi Jochen,
>
> I understand that taggit doesn’t support hierarchies.
> One possible solution could be to layer it with django-mptt, in order to
> build a hybrid taxonomy on top of taggit.
>
> This way, we can continue using taggit as a flat tagging system while
> adding a hierarchical level to categorize tags (locations, characters,
> objects, companies, etc.), making them more searchable and scalable.
>
> 1) Structure
> We create a tree model (e.g. ParentTaxonomy) with django-mptt that
> defines the hierarchies, for example:
>
> Locations → USA → Gotham → Batcave
> Characters → Heroes → Batman Family → Robin
> Objects → Vehicles → Bat-vehicles → Batmobile
> Companies → Wayne Group → Wayne Enterprises → R&D
>
> 2) Mapping
> The current taggit tags become the leaf nodes of this structure.
>
> 3) Search
> When searching for a parent (e.g. Batman Family), the backend uses
> django-mptt to fetch all descendant tags (e.g. Robin, Batgirl, etc.) and
> passes them to taggit for querying.
>
> This way, we keep compatibility with taggit while gaining the search
> flexibility we need.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Il giorno dom 5 ott 2025 alle ore 11:15 'Jochen G.' via gcd-tech <gcd-
> te...@googlegroups.com <mailto:gcd-...@googlegroups.com>> ha scritto:
>
> I understand that taggit doesn’t support hierarchies.
> One possible solution could be to layer it with django-mptt, in order to
> build a hybrid taxonomy on top of taggit.
>
> This way, we can continue using taggit as a flat tagging system while
> adding a hierarchical level to categorize tags (locations, characters,
> objects, companies, etc.), making them more searchable and scalable.
>
> 1) Structure
> We create a tree model (e.g. ParentTaxonomy) with django-mptt that
> defines the hierarchies, for example:
>
> Locations → USA → Gotham → Batcave
> Characters → Heroes → Batman Family → Robin
> Objects → Vehicles → Bat-vehicles → Batmobile
> Companies → Wayne Group → Wayne Enterprises → R&D
>
> 2) Mapping
> The current taggit tags become the leaf nodes of this structure.
>
> 3) Search
> When searching for a parent (e.g. Batman Family), the backend uses
> django-mptt to fetch all descendant tags (e.g. Robin, Batgirl, etc.) and
> passes them to taggit for querying.
>
> This way, we keep compatibility with taggit while gaining the search
> flexibility we need.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Il giorno dom 5 ott 2025 alle ore 11:15 'Jochen G.' via gcd-tech <gcd-
>
> The taggit-library we are using doesn't support this in-house. Means we
> would need to develop everything or switch to a different library and
> change our whole handling of keywords
>
> https://djangopackages.org/grids/g/tagging/ <https://
> The taggit-library we are using doesn't support this in-house. Means we
> would need to develop everything or switch to a different library and
> change our whole handling of keywords
>
> djangopackages.org/grids/g/tagging/>
>
> Jochen
>
> Am 05.10.25 um 06:50 schrieb Simone Nardi:
> > Hi,
> > It would be really nice and useful to group keywords by purpose,
> like in
> > this example — especially the locations:
> >
> > https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Absolute_Batman_Vol_1_11 <https://
> dc.fandom.com/wiki/Absolute_Batman_Vol_1_11> <https://
> Jochen
>
> Am 05.10.25 um 06:50 schrieb Simone Nardi:
> > Hi,
> > It would be really nice and useful to group keywords by purpose,
> like in
> > this example — especially the locations:
> >
> > https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Absolute_Batman_Vol_1_11 <https://
> > dc.fandom.com/wiki/Absolute_Batman_Vol_1_11 <http://
> dc.fandom.com/wiki/Absolute_Batman_Vol_1_11>>
> >
> > What do you think, can we give it some thought?
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Simone
> >
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