sorry but can you give us more details about this please?
I would like to change the tags for the events to be hierarchical (have descendants) like categories instead of not hierarchical like tags.
From: https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/register_taxonomy
Hierarchical taxonomies will have a list with checkboxes to select an existing category in the taxonomy admin box on the post edit page (like default post categories). Non-hierarchical taxonomies will just have an empty text field to type-in taxonomy terms to associate with the post (like default post tags).
I have thought about this also…
this link is not the definitive answer…
http://www.wpmayor.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-wordpress-taxonomies/
But…
“Tag (added in WP 2.3)
The ‘post_tag’ taxonomy is similar to categories, but more freeform. Tags can be made up on the fly, by simply typing them in. They can be seen on the site in the /tag/name types of URLs. Posts tend to have numerous tags, and they are generally displayed near posts or in the form of tag clouds. Tags are also one-dimensional, not allowing any hierarchical structure.”
