What are the Issues of a Flat Leaf Node Structure?
• A flat leaf node structure side steps the issue of a standard taxonomy completely. All organizations have different opinions of taxonomy construction. Rather than standardizing on one taxonomy, a flat leaf node structure avoids the inherent conflict. As a consequence, the end-user will have to reconstruct a taxonomy manually if it is required. • Leaf node attribute parametric content is all that is required when searching for parametric values. The implication is that the part number and manufacturer are already known. Purchasing agents, component engineers, and design engineers that already know the part number do not need a taxonomy for search support if all the information returned is parametric values. • If the part number and manufacturer are not known, searching by parametric value or keywords will find no match in a majority of searches even if a part is available. Most current built-in search engines are not intelligent. And the more parametric values added, the smaller the p
