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InfoCloud Solutions, Inc. - 2007 Folksonomy Overview Thomas Vander Wal Presented to: Ontology Summit 23-24 April 2007 in Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA
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Folksonomy OverviewThomas Vander Wal
Presented to: Ontology Summit23-24 April 2007 in Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA
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What Is Tagging?
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Tagging: Definition
❖ Simple data/metadata externally applied to an object
❖ Used for sorting
❖ A hook for aggregating
❖ Provides identifier and/or description
❖ Personal markers
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The “F” Word
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Folksonomy
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❖ Folksonomy is the result of personal free tagging of pages and objects for one's own retrieval
❖ The tagging is usually done in a social environment (shared and open to others)
❖ The act of tagging is done by the person consuming the information
Folksonomy: Definition
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The value in this external tagging is derived from people using their own vocabulary and adding explicit meaning, which may come from inferred understanding of the information/object.
Folksonomy: Value
The value in this external tagging is derived from people using their own vocabulary and adding explicit meaning
People are not so much categorizing, as providing a means to connect items(placing hooks) to provide their meaning in their own understanding.
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Every person is an expert in their own vocabulary (tags)
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Every Tag is Sacred
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Folksonomy Triad
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Object Identity
Metadata
Folksonomy Triad
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Object Identity
Metadata
Interest
VocabularyDefinition
Folksonomy Triad
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Object Identity
Metadata
Definition
Dual Folksonomy Triad
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Object Identity
Metadata
Definition
Community
Dual Folksonomy Triad
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Object Identity
Metadata
Definition
Vocabulary
TerminologyCommunity
Dual Folksonomy Triad
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Object Identity
Metadata
Definition
Vocabulary
Terminology
Interest
Culture
Community
Dual Folksonomy Triad
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Finding More Objects
Metadata
Object 1 Identity
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Finding More Objects
Metadata
Object 1 Identity Object 2
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❖ Their OWN use/value first❖ Add Perspective/Context
❖ Missing metadata❖ Emergent Vocabulary❖ Personal descriptors
❖ Refindability❖ Aggregation of information❖ Task-based aggregation
❖ State Interest❖ Sociality
Reasons People Tag
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❖ Their OWN use/value first❖ Add Perspective/Context
❖ Missing metadata❖ Emergent Vocabulary❖ Personal descriptors
❖ Refindability❖ Aggregation of information❖ Task-based aggregation
❖ State Interest❖ Sociality
Reasons People Tag
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1, 1, 2, 2 ?
Design
= Software Design
= Visual Design
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Folksonomy 4D
❖ Object
❖ Metadata
❖ Identity
❖ Service/Device - provenance
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Leverage Folksonomy
❖ Cross-discipline/community interoperability
❖ Surface small group ontologies
❖ Identify terms that are synonyms
❖ Identify terms that are fungible
❖ Provide means to move from formal to vernacular (scientific medicine to patient communication)
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