• DocumentCode
    1517402
  • Title

    Folksonomy Formation

  • Author

    Sen, Shilad ; Riedl, John

  • Author_Institution
    Comput. Sci., Macalester Coll., St. Paul, MN, USA
  • Volume
    44
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    5/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    97
  • Lastpage
    101
  • Abstract
    Tags, words or short phrases attached to items on the Internet, organize the social Web. Unlike expert-maintained taxonomies such as the Dewey Decimal Classification, tags evolve organically based on the collective action of individual users. The collection of tags in a tagging system, called a folksonomy, can vary widely from site to site. The paper mentions that the combination of eager taggers and intelligent algorithms that nurture effective tagging behavior promises a bright future for tagging systems.
  • Keywords
    social networking (online); Internet; folksonomy; intelligent algorithms; social Web; tagging behavior; tagging systems; tsg collection; Algorithms; Social network services; Taxonomy; Thesauri; Folksonomies; GroupLens; Social computing; Tagging;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9162
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MC.2011.147
  • Filename
    5767733
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1517402