🔒 Permissions
Only system administrators are authorized to create categories.
In Elium, tags of the same group can be organized into a coherent set called an "Category" (e.g., the tags "France" and "Belgium" belong to the "Country" category). The other tags, which do not belong to any group, are referred to as orphan tags.
Every category has different characteristics:
optional or mandatory (at least one tag of this category must be applied to content for it to be valid)
open or restricted tags (the list of tags in this category is predefined by the administrator and cannot be enriched by contributors)
universal or dedicated to certain defined spaces
Except for restricted categories, contributors have the ability to create new tags at the time of tagging, thereby enriching existing categories or the list of orphan tags. It is the responsibility of system administrators to keep the tag dictionary up to date.
Tags are collective. Everyone can see the tags attributed by all users.
🤓 We advise you to:
limit the number of categories
create the most cross-functional categories
check the proliferation of tags with the help of closed suggestion lists, meaning by limiting the categories and preventing the creation of tags in these categories
avoid mandatory categories that do not encourage contribution
give categories short and explicit names
📝 Also note that:
It is not possible to create subcategories: the approach is combinatory, not hierarchical. However, it is possible to create an category by level (e.g., a 'Country' category and a 'Town' category).
There is no functional limit to the number of categories and tags that can be created, but in terms of usability and ergonomics, around ten categories would seem to be a maximum.
💡 Some categories that may be useful for you:
Type of content: news, press category, report, study, benchmark, etc.
Language: French, Dutch, English, Romanian, etc.
Sector/department: finance, law, communication, etc.
Organization
Country
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