Hierarchal Keyword Problem

Question

The keyword hierarchy in Aperture works oddly. If I create a subordinate keyword, and then apply it to an image, the higher level keywords are indicated in the metadata inspector. For example I could have a high level keyword of Family and then a subordinate keyword of grandson. Applying grandson to an image will cause Family to also be indicated in the metadata insoector
However, if I do a keyword search in the HUD by clicking on the keyword Family the image does not come up. If, instead, I do a text search on Family the image does come up. I can't see any reason for this behavior. Clicking on the higher level keyword in the HUD should bring up the image, just as the text serach does.
I would suggest that this be changed in future versions of Aperture.

Answer 1

When I look at those 2-6 photos, they are always photos that I had already imported and keyworded in the nested "reflective" hierarchy.
So shy do you re-import them a second time?
Anyway, if your workflow involves reimporting exported files, here's what might be happening: when you export a file and the "Export as Lightroom hierarchy" is unchecked at export, Lightroom will export all keyword hierarchies as flat keywords. Naturally, when you reimport a file with flat keywords, your "reflective" keyword will be added as a top-level, rather than child keyword.