The structure of collaborative tagging systems

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GOLDER Scott A., HUBERMAN Bernardo A. The structure of collaborative tagging systems [on line]. Available at: <http://www.hpl.hp.com/research/idl/papers/tags/tags.pdf> (consulted on April 9, 2007)

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DC.Title : The structure of collaborative tagging systems

DC.Creator : GOLDER Scott A., HUBERMAN Bernardo A.

DC.Subject : Bookmark, classification, collaborative tagging system, folksonomy-based service, information organization, shared information, tag, tagging, taxonomy

DC.Description.tableOfContents :

• Abstract
• Keyword list
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Tagging and taxonomy
• 2.1. Semantic and cognitive aspects of classification
• 3. Delicious dynamics
• 3.1. The data
• 3.2. User activity and tag quantity
• 3.3. Kinds of tags
• 4. Bookmarks
• 4.1. Trends in bookmarking
• 4.2. Stable patterns in tag proportions
• 5. Conclusion
• 6. References

DC.Publisher : Information Dynamics Laboratory, HP Labs

DC.Contributor :

DC.Date : 2006

DC.Type : Text

DC.Format : Text/pdf

DC.Identifier : http://www.hpl.hp.com/research/idl/papers/tags/tags.pdf

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DC.Language : En

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DC.Rights : © 2007 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.

Introduction to folksonomies

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School of library, archival and information studies-University of British Columbia (SLAIS-UBC). Introduction to folksonomies [on line]. Available at: <http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/libr500/05-06-wt1/www/a_ens/intro.htm> (consulted on April 8, 2007)

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DC Title : Introduction to folksonomies

DC Creator : School of library, archival and information studies-University of British Columbia (SLAIS-UBC)

DC Subject : Broad folksonomy, folksonomy-based service, information organization, library classification, narrow folksonomy, user-controlled classification

DC Description.tableOfContents :

• Introduction to folksonomies
• What are folksonomies?
• Definition
• Synonyms and the terminology debate
• A short history of folksonomy
• What proponents love about folksonomies
• Personal benefit, flexible language, feedback
• Serendipitous browsing
• Inexpensiveness
• What detractors hate
• Usability
• Cost
• Lack of ethical forethought
• Flickr: a tool for the individual
• Del.icio.us: a tool for the many
• Tagging is not library classification: and it is not intended to be
• Physical (un)constraints
• Clairvoyance
• Demographics
• Fun with folksonomies
• Tag clouds
• Geotagging
• Graphing tag use
• Misleading tags
• The future
• The dystopians
• The utopians
• Conclusion
• References

DC Publisher : School of library, archival and information studies-University of British Columbia (SLAIS-UBC)

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DC Date.modified : 2005-11-19

DC Type : Text

DC Format : Text/html

DC Identifier : http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/libr500/05-06-wt1/www/a_ens/intro.htm

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I’ve Heard of Folksonomies. Now How do I Apply them to My Site?

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PORTER, Joshua. I’ve heard of folksonomies. Now how do I apply them to my site? Bokardo.com [on line]. February 1, 2005. Available at: <http://www.bokardo.com/archives/applying_folksonomies/> (consulted on April 9, 2007)

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DC.Title : I’ve Heard of Folksonomies. Now How do I Apply them to My Site?

DC.Creator : PORTER, Joshua

DC.Subject : Aggregated information, folksonomy-based service, tagging

DC.Description : Gives a precisely definition of folksonomies and explains why creating a tagging system for one’s site amounts to create a user-activities aggregating system.

DC.Publisher : PORTER, Joshua

DC.Contributor :

DC.Date : 2005-02-01

DC.Type : Text

DC.Format : Text/html

DC.Identifier : http://www.bokardo.com/archives/applying_folksonomies/

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DC.Language : En

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[WEB4LIB ] Library websites and folksonomies

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ROSS Singer. [WEB4LIB ] Library websites and folksonomies. In: WEB4LIB [on line]. April 4, 2005. Available at: <http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/web4lib/2005-April/013235.html> (consulted on April 9, 2007)

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DC.Title : [WEB4LIB ] Library websites and folksonomies

DC.Creator : ROSS Singer

DC.Subject : Library website

DC.Description : Presents the project of a library to include folksonomic tagging into its website and the positive persperctive it offers.

DC.Publisher : WEB4LIB

DC.Contributor :

DC.Date : 2005-04-04

DC.Date.modified : 2005-05-18

DC.Type : Text

DC.Format : Text/html

DC.Identifier : http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/web4lib/2005-April/013235.html

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DC.Language : En

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Controlled vocabulary and folksonomies

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SPITERI, Louise. Controlled vocabulary and folksonomies [on line]. Available at: <http://www.termsciences.fr/IMG/pdf/Folksonomies.pdf> (consulted on March 28, 2007)

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DC.Title : Controlled vocabulary and folksonomies

DC.Creator : SPITERI, Louise

DC.Subject : Bookmark, controlled vocabulary, folksonomy-based service, user vocabulary

DC.Description.tableOfContents :

• What are folksonomies?
• Where are folksonomies found?
• Inter-term relationships
• Popular folksonomy sites
• How folksonomies work
• Bookmarklets on browser toolbar
• Adding tags to bookmarks
• Examples of my bookmarks
• Other people who share one of my bookmarks
• The popularity of folksonomies
• Bookmarking
• Managing bookmarks
• Folksonomies and user vocabulary
• Folksonomies and online communities
• Ambiguity
• Polysemy
• Synonyms
• Specificity
• Syntax
• Incorrect usage
• Consensus
• Folksonomies and controlled vocabularies
• Other uses for folksonomies
• Conclusions
• Other areas to explore

DC.Publisher : Dalhousie University

DC.Contributor :

DC.Date : 2005-09-27

DC.Date.modified : 2006-02-06

DC.Type : Text

DC.Format : Text/pdf

DC.Identifier : http://www.termsciences.fr/IMG/pdf/Folksonomies.pdf

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DC.Language : En

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Ethnoclassification and vernacular vocabularies

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MERHOLZ, Peter. Ethnoclassification and vernacular vocabularies. Peterme.com [on line]. August 30, 2004. Available at : <http://www.peterme.com/archives/000387.html> (consulted on April 9, 2007)

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DC.Title : Ethnoclassification and vernacular vocabularies

DC.Creator : MERHOLZ, Peter

DC.Subject : Ethnoclassification, vernacular vocabulary

DC.Description : Explains why it’s better to say “ethnoclassification” than “folksonomy”. Talks about what works and don’t with folksonomy, and so the author presents his wondering about how can the folksonomy usefully used.

DC.Publisher : MERHOLZ, Peter

DC.Contributor :

DC.Date : 2004-08-30

DC.Date.modified : 2006-12-06

DC.Type : Text

DC.Format : Text/html

DC.Identifier : http://www.peterme.com/archives/000387.html

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DC.Language : En

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DC.Rights : © 2007 peterme

Folksonomies? How about metadata ecologies?

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ROSENFELD, Louis. Folksonomies? How about metadata ecologies? Louisrosenfeld.com [on line]. January 6, 2005. Available at: <http://louisrosenfeld.com/home/bloug_archive/000330.html> (consulted on March 28, 2007)

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DC Title : Folksonomies? How about metadata ecologies?

DC Creator : ROSENFELD, Louis

DC Subject : Controlled vocabulary, information management, metadata ecology, vernacular vocabulary

DC Description : Talks about the success of folksonomy, then compares vernacular vocabularies with controlled vocabularies, and lists limits of folksonomy. Goes on with presenting usefulness of these two approaches, and of the benefits of a good combinaison of them by doing metadata ecology.

DC Publisher : ROSENFELD, Louis

DC Contributor :

DC Date : 2005-01-06

DC Type : Text

DC Format : Text/html

DC Identifier : http://louisrosenfeld.com/home/bloug_archive/000330.html

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DC Language : En

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DC Rights : ©2007 Louis Rosenfeld LLC. All rights reserved.

Tags and subject headings in librarything

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WEBER, Jonathan. Tags and subject headings in librarything. Dystmesis [on line]. November 17, 2006 Available at: http://dystmesis.net/2006/11/17/tags-and-subject-headings/> (consulted on March 28, 2007)

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DC.Title : Tags and subject headings in librarything

DC.Creator : WEBER, Jonathan

DC.Subject : Controlled vocabulary, library website, tag

DC.Description.tableOfContents :

• Introduction
• Definitions
• Properties of folksonomy
• Folksonomy as uncontrolled vocabulary
• Folksonomy as social system
• The example of librarything
• Analysis
• Conclusions
• References

DC.Publisher : WEBER, Jonathan

DC.Contributor :

DC.Date : 2006-11-17

DC.Type : Text

DC.Format : Text/html

DC.Identifier : http://dystmesis.net/2006/11/17/tags-and-subject-headings/

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DC.Language : En

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DC.Rights : © 2005 Some rights reserved

Comparative functional analysis of boundary infrastructures, library classification, and social tagging

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TENNIS, Joseph T. Comparative functional analysis of boundary infrastructures, library classification, and social tagging. In: MOUKDAD, Haidar (ed.). Information science revisited: approaches to innovation, June 1-3, 2006, Toronto [on line]. Toronto : Canadian association for information science/L’Association canadienne des sciences de l’information (CAIS/ACSI), 2006. Available at: <http://www.cais-acsi.ca/proceedings/2006/tennis_2006.pdf> (consulted on March 28, 2007)

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DC.Title : Comparative functional analysis of boundary infrastructures, library classification, and social tagging

DC.Creator : TENNIS, Joseph T.

DC.Subject : Boundary infrastructure, information management, information organization, library classification, social tagging

DC.Description.tableOfContents :

• 1 Introduction
• 1.1 Methodological note
• 2 Information organization frameworks
• 2.1 Library classification
• 2.1.1 Systems
• 2.1.2 Methods and work process
• 2.2 Social tagging
• 2.2.1 Systems
• 2.2.2 Methods and work process
• 2.3 Boundary infrastructures
• 2.3.1 System
• 2.3.2 Method and work process
• 3 Functionalities: lending cognitive authority, providing transparency, and fulfilling tasks
• 3.1 Lending cognitive authority
• 3.2 Providing transparency
• 3.3 Fulfilling tasks
• 4 Identity and divergence in information organization frameworks
• 5 Conclusion
• References

DC.Publisher : Canadian association for information science/L’Association canadienne des sciences de l’information (CAIS/ACSI)

DC.Contributor :

DC.Date : 2006

DC.Type : Text

DC.Format : Text/pdf

DC.Identifier : http://www.cais-acsi.ca/proceedings/2006/tennis_2006.pdf

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DC.Language : En

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Web 2.0, library 2.0, and librarian 2.0: preparing for the 2.0 world

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ABRAM, Stephen. Web 2.0, library 2.0, and librarian 2.0: preparing for the 2.0 world. SirsiDynix OneSource [on line]. 2006, vol. 2, issue 1. Available at: http://www.imakenews.com/sirsi/e_article000505688.cfm> (consulted on March 28, 2007)

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DC Title : Web 2.0, library 2.0, and librarian 2.0: preparing for the 2.0 world

DC Creator : ABRAM, Stephen

DC Subject : Librarian, library, web 2.0, web 3.0

DC Description.TableOfContent :

• Web 2.0
• Web 3.0
• Library 2.0
• Librarian 2.0

DC Publisher : SirsiDynix OneSource

DC Contributor :

DC Date : 2006-01

DC Type : Text

DC Format : Text/html

DC Identifier : http://www.imakenews.com/sirsi/e_article000505688.cfm

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DC Language : En

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DC Rights : Copyright © 2006 iMakeNews, Inc.

Ontology of folksonomy: a mash-up of apples and oranges

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GRUBER, Thomas. Ontology of folksonomy: a mash-up of apples and oranges. Tomgruber.org [on line]. Available at: <http://tomgruber.org/writing/ontology-of-folksonomy.htm> (consulted on March 12, 2007)

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DC Title : Ontology of folksonomy: a mash-up of apples and oranges

DC Creator : GRUBER, Thomas

DC Subject : Ontology, semantic web, shared information, tag, tagging, taxonomy

DC Description.tableOfContents :

• Summary
• Ontology as enabling technology for sharing information
• Folksonomy as data that is emergent from shared information
• Comparing apples and oranges
• Let's share tags
• Use case 1: collaborative tagging across multiple applications
• Use case 2: collaborative filtering based on tagging
• A tag ontology - some design considerations
• The core concept: tagging
• Constraints on "tagging"
• Negative tagging
• Tag identity
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgements
• References

DC Publisher : GRUBER, Thomas

DC Contributor :

DC Date.modified : 2007-02-08

DC Type : Text

DC Format : Text/html

DC Identifier : http://tomgruber.org/writing/ontology-of-folksonomy.htm

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The hive mind: folksonomies and user-based tagging

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KROSKY, Ellyssa. The hive mind: folksonomies and user-based tagging. Infotangle [on line]. July 12, 2005. Available at: <http://infotangle.blogsome.com/2005/12/> (consulted on March 28, 2007)

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DC Title : The hive mind: folksonomies and user-based tagging

DC Creator : KROSKY, Ellyssa

DC Subject : Folksonomy-based service, information organization, library website, taxonomy, user-based tagging

DC Description.tableOfContents :

• User-based tagging and folksonomies
• The wisdom of crowds
• Folksonomies are inclusive
• Folksonomies are current
• Folksonomies offer discovery
• Foksonomies are non-binary
• Folkonomies are democratic and self-moderating
• Folksonomies follow “desire lines”
• Folkonomies offer insight into user behavior
• Folksonomies engender community
• Folksonomies offer a low cost alternative
• Folksonomies offer usability
• Resistance is futile
• The hitch
• Folksonomies have no synonym control
• Folksonomies have a lack of precision
• Folksonomies lack hierarchy
• Folksonomies have a “basic level” problem
• Folksonomies have a lack of recall
• Folksonomies are susceptible to “gaming”
• Libraries that tag
• Summary
• References

DC Publisher : KROSKY, Ellyssa

DC Contributor :

DC Date : 2005-07-12

DC Type : Text

DC Format : Text/html

DC Identifier : http://infotangle.blogsome.com/2005/12/

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DC Language : En

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Folksonomies : power to the people

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QUINTARELLI, Emanuele. Folksonomies : power to the people. In: International society for knowledge organization Italy-University of Milano Bicocca (ISKO Italy-UniMiB) meeting, June 24, 2005, Milan [on line]. Available at: <http://www.iskoi.org/doc/folksonomies.htm> (consulted on March 28, 2007)

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DC Title : Folksonomies: power to the people

DC Creator : QUINTARELLI, Emanuele

DC Subject : Broad folksonomy, enterprise folksonomy, library classification, narrow folksonomy, user-generated classification, social web, taxonomy

DC Description.tableOfContents :

• Introduction
• Overview of classification schemes
• New information sources and mass amateurization of web publishing
• Limits of taxonomies
• Folksonomies: an emerging approach to distributed classification
• Folksonomies at work
• Broad and narrow folksonomies
• Properties of folksonomies
• Enterprise folksonomies
• Side benefits of folksonomies
• From trees to leaves: a comparison of taxonomies, facets and folksonomies
• Conclusions
• Acknowledgments
• Bibliography
• Further readings

DC Publisher : International society for knowledge organization (ISKO) Italia

DC Contributor :

DC Date : 2005-06-15

DC Date.modified : 2005-11-14

DC Type : Text

DC Format : Text/html

DC Identifier : http://www.iskoi.org/doc/folksonomies.htm

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DC Language : En

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