The Tagging Story gets Dicey!
Apr 5, 2012 3:50 AM
The following conditions are relatively common with regards to tagging (and exclusion of these conditions in the software, a possible cause) :
- tags can contain more than one word
- tags can overlap resulting in words that are associated with more than one tag
Visually, this might look like this:
Ridiculous! But it helps to demonstrate the following issue. Using the above (absurb) script segment , lets say that the GREEN items are tagged as physical props and the BLUE items (scentence) represents a VFX sequence of shots. This means that:
GREEN (props) = FRUIT CART, ROCKET WINGS, THRUSTERS and BLUE (VFX) = "The FRUIT CART, sporting ROCKET WINGS, THRUSTERS and a glass canopy, shoots through space. Laser blasts explode behind."
So far, so good...Now lets export out a CSV. This is what I would expect:
| TAGS | TAGGED |
|---|---|
| PROPS | FRUIT CART |
| PROPS | ROCKET WINGS |
| PROPS | THRUSTERS |
| VFX | The FRUIT CART, sporting ROCKET WINGS, THRUSTERS and a glass canopy, shoots through space. Laser blasts explode behind. |
HOWEVER, this is where things gets DICEY because this is what I actually get:
| TAGS | TAGGED ITEM |
|---|---|
PROPS | FRUIT CART |
PROPS | ROCKET WINGS |
| PROPS | THRUSTERS |
| VFX | d a GLASS CANOPY, shoots through space. LASER BLASTS EXPLODE behind. |
| VFX | ROCKET WINGS, THRUSTERS and |
| VFX | The sporting |
Deal breaker? No. But at 3:45 in the morning, I have little patience for cleaning up the mess 
Additional information that may be of assistance (see my previous post "Tags are Crash-Tastic!").
