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PUBLIC MARKS with tags taxonomy & flat-hierarchy

May 2005

Some ideas to improve tags use in social software

by fredbird & 2 others

Where categories are managed by specialists in order to achieve the best classification, tags are users rough approximation of classification for a practical use. Here is a small proposal to improve flat hierarchy efficiency by patching it with some bits of categorization, while keeping the tags theirselves simple and natural...

web folksonomy taxonomy flat-hierarchy lang:en license:cc dev web-app