[development] Taxonomy: Multiple parents?

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 From reporting/analysis point of view, salmon IS salmon.
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Gerhard Killesreiter wrote:

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>Robert Douglass schrieb:
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>>In my opinion, any time multiple parents are used it is a mistake in the
>>data model. For example, if you have regional offices and each office
>>has a sale, customer and advertising contact person, you might be
>>tempted to model the data like this:
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>How about:
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>Fish living in:
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>- - salt water
>. shark
>. salmon
>. eel
>. cod
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>- - fresh water
>. trout
>. salmon
>. eel
>. carp
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>Cheers,
>	Gerhard
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