Folksonomy
"A "folksonomy" is a collaboratively generated, open-ended labeling system that enables Internet users to categorize content such as Web pages, online photographs, and Web links. (Wikipedia, 2006).
"Folksonomy should be distinguished from folk taxonomy, a cultural practice that has been widely documented in anthropological work. Folk taxonomies are culturally supplied, intergenerationally transmitted, and relatively stable classification systems that people in a given culture use to make sense of the entire world around them (not just the Internet)." (Wikipedia, 2006).
Literature:
Dye, J.(2006). Folksonomy: A game of high-tech (and high-stakes) tag. Econtent, 29(3), 38-43.
Fichter, D. (2006). Intranet applications for tagging and folksonomies. Online, 30(3), 43-45.
Golder, S. A. & Huberman, B. A. (2006). Usage patterns of collaborative tagging systems. Journal of Information Science, 32(2), 198-208.
Mathes, A. (2004). Folksonomies - Cooperative Classification and Communication Through Shared Metadata. Computer Mediated Communication - LIS590CMC.
http://www.adammathes.com/academic/computer-mediated-communication/folksonomies.html
Wikipedia. The free encyclopedia. (2006). Folksonomy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folksonomy
See also: Laymen as knowledge organizers
Birger Hjørland
Last edited: 27-01-2007