1. Tagging with
Folksonomies in a
Taxonomy World!
Stephanie Lemieux!
Earley & Associates!
March 10, 2010!
UIE Virtual Seminar!
2. It’s social
User control over
findability Emergent structure
(folksonomy)
Why is tagging so interesting?!
Flexible and It’s easy
personal language
And cheap!
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3. The downside?
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Neither tags nor taggers are perfect…
Misspellings Taxnonomy
Plam pilot
Compound words TimBernersLee
Case & number Folksonomy,
Folksonomies
Personal tags To read
My dog
@work
Single-use tags Billybobsdog
5. Tagging behind the firewall
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Lower Value Higher Value
(More difficult to access) (Easier to access)
Unfiltered Reviewed/Vetted/Approved
Links
Policies
External News Best Practices
Reports
Discussion Success
postings Engineering Stories Approved
Message document Methods
text repositories
Lower Cost Tagging/Organizing Processes Higher Cost
6. Taxonomy! Folksonomy!
Oversight User
Terms
Consistency Low Cost
Social
Structure
Flexibility
Findability Goodness!
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7. 4 styles of hybrids
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Tag-
Co-
influenced
existence
taxonomy
Taxonomy-
Tag influenced
hierarchies tags
8. Tagging with
Folksonomies in a
Taxonomy World!
UIE Virtual Seminar
March 10, 2010
Stephanie Lemieux
Taxonomy Practice Lead
Earley & Associates
stephanie@earley.com
www.earley.com