Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 6, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tagging Discussion January 6, 2007 Beth started a cross-blog discussion about tagging and folksonomies, and I thought I’d weigh in. at 5:46 pm { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth 01.08.07

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2007

The Cross Blog Discussion of the NpTechTag has generated some comments and blog posts that I've summarized below. Let's begin with big picture question that Gavin raised: What purpose do folksonomies serve? Gavin's post does a great job explaining the definitions and the advantages of a taxonomy over a folksonomy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

There were a few more comments that I want to capture here: Kevin (don't know who he is, but we have very similar interests and I'm so glad that I found his blog via the NpTech tag - I don't think this tag is useless? " Marnie Webb also points out another way that a folksonomy can help improve a taxonomy - with maintenance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Here's a list of questions we're discussing online now: How does the community evolve along with the tag and how to nurture it? What is some of our thinking related to the NpTech Tag and folksonomies,taxonomies, and social search? Leave a comment in this post and I'll get you entry into the discussion and phone discussion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2007

report led me to post on the concept of 'collabuary' raised in the report, which prompted Stephen Downes to comment in reply , trying to distinguish between folksonomies and collabuaries (which he thinks isn't a useful term; it just means 'vocabulary' or 'taxonomy'). Good question - it contains elements of both.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Update: See Ben's Comment over here. Many useful observations and questions raised about how to analyze the tagging data we've collected and how to move from a folksonomy to a taxonomy. She proposes several different times, leave your preferences in the comments. So, Allan, did I get it right? January 12, 2007.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2005

That's the term she gave JOTS in her response after reading my response to her answer to my initial question in the comments of this post. They get excited about the possibility of a web-based bookmark and whole concept of tagging and folksonomies. Follow the links backward from the period in that last sentence.).

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