I think in the world full of message and information, we really need to let things to be in good organization.
Just like create a WIKI to fully descript a thing, It would be a knowledge base and or so. I believe this would create a huge value.
If the current implementation of custom thread fields doesn't suit your needs (you can test it out here: https://xenforo.com/demo/), then it would require some form of custom development.