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Assignment 1
Team Technology Online PosterImran Dalwai
Introduction to FolksonomyDefinition:
A means of classifying and categorizing digital content through collaborative efforts of the users of the data.
Capabilities: ◦ Ability to create and organize personal collections of bookmarks
through meaningful Tags (simple description of the content). ◦ Allows creators to store bookmarks centrally online thereby
minimizing the dependency on personal machines & browsers. ◦ Share personal bookmarks with others. Can easily identify
interests and expertise of others just based on searching and browsing Tags.
◦ Helps develop dynamic communities of practice as opposed to passive directories of expertise.
Implementation Cost
• Hard Cost– Licensing Cost – Integration Cost with the existing enterprise
collaborative infrastructure– Training, Documentation and User support.
• Soft Cost – Vendor analysis / Due diligence– Obtaining necessary buy-in from management– Generating a receptive culture among users
Products and Services
Enterprise Space Consumer Space1. IBM Lotus Connections (Dogear) ($110
per user one-time perpetual license)
2. Connectbeam
3. Microsoft Sharepoint
4. Cogenz
5. Google Apps Enterprise
1. del.icio.us
2. StumbleUpon
3. Technorati
4. Flickr
5. CiteULike
Anticipated Benefits
Room for improvement
• Redundancy Control
• Misleading representation of information
• Lack of precision of results
• Privacy concerns
• Scalability
Key Success Factors
• Generating critical mass of users• Privacy concerns by users in an enterprise• Balancing public access and confidentiality• Symbiotic existence with traditional controlled
classification systems• Gaining necessary support of users to
dynamically participate
Thank You!