Folksonomies-Group 4
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by Caroline McDonald, Laura Soito, & Maggie Willis LIS 688-MetadataSpring 2011
Introduction
Some definitions: Folksonomy -- a classification system derived from an emerging thesaurus of user supplied tags. Tags --short, personally memorable keywords
Overview
• Comparison to more traditional controlled vocabularies
• Social aspects of folksonomy • Examples of folksonomies in use
Comparison to Controlled Vocabulary
Folksonomy User supplied
Ambiguous
Free-formUses redundant language and abbreviations Quick to adopt new terms
Controlled Vocabulary
Professionally supplied
ConsistentStructuredAvoids abbreviations, synonyms & homographs
Slow to adopt new terms
Social Aspects
o folksonomies are collaborative
o produces a collective intelligence
o creates a community of users that are responsible for the quality and maintenance of the information
o encourages participation by allowing users to have greater control
o makes users feel like they have a vested interest in the information that is being collected
ApplicationsExamples of Folksonomies in action
Delicioushttp://delicious.com
Tagging of web resources
Flickrwww.flickr.com
Image tagging
ApplicationsExamples of Folksonomies in action
Technoratihttp://technorati.com
Blog tagging
Amazonwww.amazon.com
Commercial tagging
ApplicationsExamples of Folksonomies in action
Penntagshttp://tags.library.upenn.edu/
Social Bookmarking
Steve: The Museum Social Tagging Projecthttp://tagger.steve.museum/
Museum collection tagging
LibraryThing A website devoted to books and readers
• allows users to personalize content and add data to records o create personal virtual librarieso connect with other users (the "world's largest bookclub")o assign both subject and personal tags for books
1.2 millions users and over 6 million books cataloged
Conclusions
• Folksonomies are a new option for classification. • They can be combined with traditional methods of
classification for a viable option in the future of web based information indexing