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1. Re: Can somebody explain keyword hierarchies?
WinstonInBoise-bcPume Mar 6, 2008 2:55 PM (in response to hrh gracie)It seems as though "thanksgiving" appears twice in your KW list. Showing the parent of the one assigned is sufficient to differentiate it from the other one.
If "albuquerque 2006" is unique, it doesn't need to show any more.
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2. Re: Can somebody explain keyword hierarchies?
PeteB2407 Mar 6, 2008 4:20 PM (in response to hrh gracie)In the keyword tag pane click the dropdown next to 'keyword tags' and and select 'keywords parents' rather than 'Enter keywords'. -
3. Re: Can somebody explain keyword hierarchies?
hrh gracie Mar 7, 2008 5:31 AM (in response to hrh gracie)I have LR set to show "keywords and containing keywords", but it still doesn't show the whole hierrchy.
Winston, are you saying that even though the hierarchy is
thanksgiving>holiday>event that LR just displays thanksgiving>holiday to make that particular keyword (thanksgiving) unique? I just checked the exported keyword list and the word "thanksgiving" only appears once in the entire keyword list.
Let me try a different example... In location I have a bunch of spots in Yellowstone in Wyoming in the USA...
location
usa
wyoming
yellowstone
old faithful
lamarr valley
morraine park
sprague lake
SO, if I have an image of an elk in the lamarr valley, how should the keywords show up? I thought it should show up in the keyword pane as
lamarr valley>yellowstone>wyoming>usa>location
and none of the parents should show up anywhere else in the keyword list since they're strictly part of this specific hierarchy... So, how does LR think it should work? On my system, right now, it looks like this instead:
lamarr valley, location, wyoming, yellowstone
and its very difficult to identify the hierarchy from the keyword list. -
4. Re: Can somebody explain keyword hierarchies?
WinstonInBoise-bcPume Mar 7, 2008 7:10 AM (in response to hrh gracie)The hierarchy can be seen in the left panel.
I only use the "Enter Keywords" option. With this option, I would expect to see "elk, lamarr valley"
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5. Re: Can somebody explain keyword hierarchies?
(Kenneth_Daves) Mar 7, 2008 1:45 PM (in response to hrh gracie)Yes, the Keyword Tags panel on the left is the place to see the full hierarchy. I only posted this because "Lamar Valley" excites me like few other words can in my old age. -
6. Re: Can somebody explain keyword hierarchies?
(Jeff_Swayze) Mar 8, 2008 11:57 AM (in response to hrh gracie)From my experience, the only time I get a hierarchy (ie, xxx > yyy) showing up in the Keyword Tags pane is if there are more than one "yyy" keywords in my list. For example, I just created this hierarchy:
AAA
BBB
CCC
AAB
CCC
When I assigned
b CCC
to a photo, I got a pop-up showing the options
b CCC > AAA
and
b CCC > AAB
. Instead of choosing, I deleted
b > AAA
and hit enter. The keyword assigned to the photo was
b CCC > AAA
.
Next I assigned
b BBB
to the photo, and the new keyword list was
b BBB, CCC > AAA
. When I go to the "Keywords and containing keywords" view, I get
b AAA, BBB, CCC > AAA
(because
b CCC
doesn't fully describe the keyword)
To address your initial question directly, I don't think you will ever see your full hierarchy unless your keyword is only one level deep, and it is a duplicate of another keyword. The only reason you see a hierarchy (>) in the Keyword Tags section is to differentiate two identical keywords.
One more thing, it's typically not advised to use locations as keywords. That's what the Location metadata is for. I suppose if you have multiple levels
i below
the "Location" level (your lakes, for instance) you'll need to create keywords. But for most applications, the Metadata takes care of that, which helps to minimize clutter in your keyword list.

