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Patterns in Tagging: An Analysis of Collaborative Classification Practices in Social Bookmarking Tools

Connections 2006 in Syracuse, NY, May 20-21 / This study analyses the tagging patterns exhibited by users of del.icio.us and citeulike. Frequency data, coword analysis and thesaural comparisons are used to examine tagging practices and determine where they are continuous or discontinuous with traditional classification and indexing. Results show many commonalities and some intriguing differences.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/105721
Date05 1900
CreatorsKipp, Margaret E. I.
Source SetsUniversity of Arizona
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypePresentation

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