Folders

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Requirements:

• Hierarchical grouping element: "Folder".
• A document can be referenced by multiple folders.
• Optional: Sub folders are ordered

Implementation Idea 1:

• Any folder has a parent or null
• Without parent or valid parent the folder becomes top-level.
• Problems: Break circular references; no custom ordering

Implementation Idea 2:

• Any folder has an ordered list of sub folders
• Problems: Avoid multiple references; circular references.

Implementation Idea 3:

• Any folder has an ordered list of all its predecessors: a/b/c
• If any of those is missing it becomes top-level
• Problem: All sub folders need to be touched as well

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Decision

• Folders point to their parent
• No custom ordering (instead alphabetical etc.)
• Folders with missing parent folder are shown on top-level
• An item can only refer to one folder

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Are folders really required? Notes and relations could provide the ordering, see notion.so

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