Great article :-)
It's obviously all the rage - 'folksonomy' was word of the week in the
Observer in late February:
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/magazine/story/0,11913,1416936,00.html.
Best wishes,
Rowin Young
CETIS Assessment SIG Coordinator
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> From: The CETIS Metadata Special Interest Group [mailto:CETIS-
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> Sent: 05 May 2005 14:49
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> Subject: Do they mean metadata?!
>
> Hi there,
>
> Thought you might find this recent rather breathless CNN article
> amusing.
>
> "Tagging' helps unclutter data
> Online search categorizes how humans label things
>
> Here's how we tend to organize our digital photos: We stick them into
a
> folder on our computer and label it "Hawaii trip," or whatever.
>
> Here's a new way: Forget folders or albums. Just "tag" the photos
based
> on what's actually in each frame.
>
> Now, extrapolate this concept to the ideas, images, videos -- and
> people -- you meet or wish to find online. If they're properly tagged,
> they're far easier to find.
>
> That's "tagging", and it's currently all the rage among the
> digerati...."
>
>
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/05/03/social.tagging.ap/index.html
>
> Perhaps we should change our name to the CETIS Tagging SIG? Thanks to
> Steve Griffin of IMS for the heads up!
>
> Bye
> Lorna
>
> PS Also interesting to note that this article refers to the the
> Internet as a digital repository.
> --
> Lorna M. Campbell
> Assistant Director, CETIS
> University of Strathclyde
> +44 (0)141 548 3072
> http://www.cetis.ac.uk/
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