categories should not have a lenghty text?

[bakhshir]

I am currently testing categories feature of RSD.

Currently, the input form for a (sub) category has three fields - short title, title and provenance:

The short title is then used for the RSD page, but the title is used when a user would like to choose a category. If title is very long (i used very descriptive language for one of the categories), the displayed text from the available list of (sub) categories becomes very crowded. For example,

Would it be an idea to either user short title for this list or add another field (e.g. description) to the input form?
Any thoughts?

[dmijatovic]

I would be in favor of using:

• name: for category name
• description: for longer description
• provenance identifier: specific identifier based on partner requirements

In addition, it seems that on same pages we show short name and in others name. I would prefer to always use name and have description shown on mouse over or under info icon.

As this feature is created by our partner, I would like to check the motivation for using current values/names/labels.
@cmeessen Do you have more info about the category labels and any objections to change them?

[dmijatovic]

@bakhshir I would like to avoid adding new column, if possible (due to some technical implications). I think 2 positions should be sufficient to capture the information. Would it help to change the labels of these two input fields?
For example

• short_name to label or title
• name to description or subtitle

In addition we can then use label/title as text and add description as additional information on mouse over?

[bakhshir]

Yes I agree, that would solve the issue without a need to add another column/field.