Let's look more closely at Web 2.0 applications that take serious advantage of tagging (we've already looked at one - Flickr). Tagging allows you to associate keywords with online content - web pages, pictures, posts, etc.
It is considered a folksonomy, AKA an unstructured categorization scheme. Library staff knows a thing or two about these – we use the largest categorization scheme on the planet, Library of Congress subject headings. Library of Congress, though, is much more formalized and is considered a taxonomy.
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Tagging |