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[Otto]

On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Haluk Karamete <halukkaramete at gmail.com> wrote:
> How about post-formats... can that change the equation? , post-formats
> are really nearing the border-lines as a cat or as a custom taxonomy
> one could call Media Type.

Post formats are a taxonomy, just like category or tag. No difference there.

> keeping this in mind, is there then a need to create a cat or cus.
> taxonomy for media types anymore, you think?

Depends on what you use it for. Post formats are intended to be used
to modify how posts are displayed on the site. If you're using them
for that, then that would be fine. If you're wanting to use them for
categorization, then a custom taxo might be better.

-Otto