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Collabulary, Not Folksonomy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The one piece of information that was new to me was this: Folksonomy versus collabulary One outcome from the practice of tagging has been the rise of the ???folksonomy??? folksonomy??? By aggregating the results of folksonomy production it is possible to see how additional value can be created. keyword to use. Vander Wal, 2005).

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Tagging Discussion

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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. But is efficiency the most important thing?

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Pew Internet Report on Tagging Use

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both Nancy White (via the for: option in delicious) and Michele Martin (via email) sent me the link to the recent Pew Internet report on tagging. A December 2006 survey has found the at 28% of internet users have tagged or categorized content online such as photos, news stories or blog posts. taxonomies.???

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Museum Collections and Tagging

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Powerhouse Museum Electronic Fabric Swatch Book is a really cool project and an example of using a folksonomy as a way to address the reality that Museums often use subject categorizations that don't reflect the terms most people use when searching online. Technorati Tags: digital.quilt , net2 , nptech , npo , ict , tagging , taxonomy

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Live Blogging ONG Web 2.0 Conference in Romania sponsored by the Soros Foundation in Bucharest

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He selected some definitions from the Internet. Described the difference between taxonomy and folksonomy. Internet is difficult to stop. Through the Internet, they learned about the Rising Voices Grant. Doing a blog involves additional time and energy and some of us won't have this time available. Conclusion.

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Dummie's Guide To Delicious and Knowledge Beginning With Misc.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

When I do Internet research for a lesson plan, I often find other sources and sometimes the same source can have multiple uses. So, I spent time browsing through nptech tag that Marnie Web set up and looking at all the urls crossreferenced for tag, tagging, and folksonomy.