February 2006
Folksonomies: Tidying up Tags?
by bcpbcp & 9 others (via)
1. Introduction
A folksonomy is a type of distributed classification system. It is usually created by a group of individuals, typically the resource users. Users add tags to online items, such as images, videos, bookmarks and text. These tags are then shared and sometimes refined. A general review of social bookmarking tools, one popular use area of folksonomies, was given in the April edition of D-Lib [1]. In the article the authors elaborate on the approach taken by social classification systems and the motivators behind tagging. They write, "...tags are just one kind of metadata and are not a replacement for formal classification systems such as Dublin Core, MODS, etc.... Rather, they are a supplemental means to organise information and order search results."
December 2005
November 2005
October 2005
Ning | Home: Front Page
by bcpbcp & 99 others, 1 comment
Ning is a free online service (or, as we like to call it, a Playground) for building and using social applications.Social apps are web applications that enable anyone to match, transact, and communicate with other people.
September 2005
Listal - A social DVD, book, music and games collection manager
by Scaneh
Share your collection online. Uses ajax, tags and rss feeds.
March 2005
Test: A taxonomy of humour - what nurses can teach us about classification
Matt Locke on folksonomies
January 2005
Writing a Social Content Engine with RDF
publish, categorize, and pivot, Rinse, and repeat....
Many-to-Many: Social sharing service tutorial from corante
“implicit social discovery”, the pattern behind del.icio.us, Flikr, and Webjay
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