Deep content structure. Entries at each level (Categories, Relationships or Playa?)

Question

If you had this structure

• Main - Channel + Entry + Related/categories Entries
• • Main Sub - Entry + Related/categories Entries
• • • Sub - Entry + Related/categories Entries
• • • • Article Entry

Where each category from depth 1-3 contained entry data and lists of entries how would you approach it?

My first thought was to create a channel for each depth (fixed) , and associate entries at the article level with them (or associate articles with the parent)... but I wonder if native categories might be better, using segments to trigger channel information?

Thoughts?

Answer 1

Honestly once you get past 3 levels deep I start looking at alternate ways of building navigation. I prefer the Taxonomy add-on, but have heard good things about Nav-ee as well.