Subversion project structure?

Question

When creating projects for subversion should each individual project contain its own trunk, branches and tags directories? eg.

MyProject 1
- branches
- tags
- trunk
MyProject 2
- branches
- tags
- trunk
etc...

OR should each project itself go inside an all-encompassing structure? eg.

branches
tags
trunk
- MyProject 1
- MyProject 2
etc...

Answer 1

Option 1 would be a lot simpler to split in to a different form of source control should the need arise, and is therefore what I would prefer.

It also seems to me that it would be easier to manage project-wide permissions in the first option.

Answer 2

Both approaches are common, although the first option is more common.

Even more common is to set up separate repositories for separate projects - people just can't stand the idea of having "unrelated" stuff in "their" repository.