Tagging : people-powered metadata for the social web
"This book explains the value of tagging, explores why people tag, how tagging works and when it can be used to improve the user experience. It exposes tagging's superficial simplicity to reveal interesting issues related to usability, information architecture, online community and collective intelligence." [Publisher's description]
viii, 208 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
9780321529176, 0321529170
154806677
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
Includes index