Shirky: Ontology is Overrated -- Categories, Links, and Tags
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URL Tag Cloud
Bookmark History
Saved by 103 people (27 private), first by anonymouse user on 2006-03-02
- Trumble on 2008-10-13 - Tags no_tag
- Gazoat on 2008-09-13 - Tags ontology , tagging , classification , folksonomy , tags , oppidanmedia
- Muppet on 2008-08-22 - Tags no_tag
- Davesgonechina on 2008-08-17 - Tags libraries , openSource , internet , google , searchEngines , classification
- Gastronaut1 on 2008-07-15 - Tags folksonomy , Klassifizierung , web , Artikel , Ontologie , Semantik , Schlagwort , Tagging
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As you can see here, the characteristics of a del.icio.us entry are a link, an optional extended description, and a set of tags, which are words or phrases users attach to a link. Each user who adds a link to the system can give it a set of tags -- some do, some don't. Attached to each link on the home page are the tags, the username of the person who added it, the number of other people who have added that same link, and the time.
Tags are simply labels for URLs, selected to help the user in later retrieval of those URLs. Tags have the additional effect of grouping related URLs together. There is no fixed set of categories or officially approved choices. You can use words, acronyms, numbers, whatever makes sense to you, without regard for anyone else's needs, interests, or requirements.
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