Tagging:people-powered metadata for the social web

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Smith Gene. 1969-
Published: New Riders,
Publisher Address: Berkeley, CA
Publication Dates: c2008.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: viii, 208 p.: ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 9780321529176
0321529170
Index Number: TP311
CLC: TP311.13
TP393.092
Call Number: TP393.092/S648
Contents: Includes index.
What Is tagging? -- How tagging works -- Why tagging matters -- Summary -- The value of tagging -- What tags can do for you -- Return on experience: five motivations for tagging -- Return on investment: seven business benefits -- Summary -- Tagging system architecture -- Users, resources, and tags: exploring our three-part model of tagging -- Tagging in practice: examples from the real world -- Summary -- Tags, metadata, and classification systems -- Metadata for the masses -- Taxonomies and controlled vocabularies -- Facets --Folksonomies -- Tags in the metadata ecosystem -- Summary -- Navigation and visualization -- Tag clouds -- Navigating tags -- Geotagging -- Summary -- Interfaces -- Patterns in tagging interfaces -- Tag entry -- Suggestions -- Tag management -- Summary -- Technical design -- Data models -- Tag clouds -- Freetag -- Summary -- Appendix A. Case study: social bookmarking -- Tagging evolution: from Muxway to Del.icio.us -- How social bookmarking works -- Summary -- Appendix B. Case study: media sharing -- How media sharing works -- Summary -- Appendix C. Case study: personal information management -- Tagging for PIM -- Summary.