Peter Merholz challenges Adam Mathes’ use of the term “folksonomy,” suggesting that it is derived from taxonomy that implies a hierarchical classification system when Mathes is really describing a non-hierarchical system. There is quite a debate about terminology but general agreement that Mathes is on target in his description of the two approaches to organizing information.
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on Nov 23rd, 2005
@ 9:56 pm:
[...] Tagging has been going on for awhile. Flickr and Del.icio.us are popular social networks that allow tagging. There has also been significant conversatoin about what some have called folksonomies. (See my previous posts. Amazon tries its hand at tagging | News.blog | CNET News.com But thanks to a new initiative by Amazon.com, a large number of new people are likely about to get their first taste of tagging. According to the blog Kokogiak, Amazon has formed a “tags team” and has begun using tags on some pages. The idea, apparently, is to slowly experiment with tags and to give users some power over how certain Amazon products–books, for example–are categorized. [...]