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Last Post 06/27/2011 10:17 AM by Peter Donker. 3 Replies.
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elvis75
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06/17/2011 7:50 PM
What is the difference between a folder and category?
Peter Donker
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06/20/2011 2:37 PM
A folder, like on your hard disk, can hold multiple files/folders and determines access (permissions). Categories are used to categorize content and hence allow you to rehash content. A file can belong to mutliple categories and vice versa. Categories have no permissions, only folders and files do.

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elvis75
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06/20/2011 4:56 PM
Thanks Peter. So for every folder do I also want to create a category with the same name?



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06/27/2011 10:17 AM
No, not really. Categories are a system apart. You use them when necessary to "rehash" your content. For example. If your company sells different products you may use those products as categories so you can quickly access all info pretaining to a specific product. This, while you'd probably use departments to organize your folders as that is usually bound to access rights for documents. So a financial officer has access to specific documents that he/she can still share across the organization without having to put the document in a different place.

I hope that makes categories vs folders clearer.

Peter
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