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Folksonomies: power to the people

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on 2006-07-31 by wenxin

a great title.

on 2006-08-04 by mattmcalister

The issue is whether the traditional organizational schemes used so far are suitable to address the classification needs of fast-proliferating, new information sources or if, to achieve this goal, better aggregation and concept matching tools are required

on 2009-04-01 by vincentac

Great!

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Traditional hierarchies for organizing information (or reality) will not be replaced by tags, but through tagging we are finding new ways of thinking about classification and new applications for organizing and sharing knowledge

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Folksonomies: power to the people

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Folksonomies: power to the people

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Folksonomies: power to the people

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In recent times, an unprecedented amount of Web content has begun to be generated through web logs, wikis and other social tools thanks to lower technology and cost barriers. A new host of content creators is emerging, often individuals with the will to participate in discussions and share their ideas with like-minded people. This is to say that this increasing amount of varied, valuable content is generated by non-trained, non-expert information professionals: they are at the same time users and producers of information.

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Introduction

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increasing amount of varied, valuable content is generated by non-trained, non-expert information professionals: they are at the same time users and producers of information.

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We have gone past a critical mass of connectivity between people that has introduced a new revolutionary ability to communicate, collaborate and share goods online.

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Hierarchical-enumerative

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inflexible

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Hierarchical classifications are influenced by the cataloguer's view of the world and, as a consequence, are affected by subjectivity and cultural bias.

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  • Hierarchies tend to establish only one consistent authoritative structured vision. This implies a loss of precision, erases difference of expression, and does not take into account the variety of user needs and views.
  • Hierarchies need expert or trained users to be applied consistently.

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