Social tagging, as a particular type of indexing, has thrown into question the nature of indexing.
Is it a democratic process? Can we all benefit from user-created tags? What about the value
added by professionals? Employing an evolving framework analysis, this paper addresses the
question: what is next for indexing? Comparing social tagging and subject cataloguing; this
paper identifies the points of similarity and difference that obtain between these two kinds of
information organization frameworks. The subsequent comparative analysis of the parts of these
frameworks points to the nature of indexing as an authored, personal, situational, and referential
act, where differences in discursive placement divide these two species. Furthermore, this act is
contingent on implicit and explicit understanding of purpose and tools available. This analysis
allows us to outline desiderata for the next steps in indexing.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/105841 |
| Date | January 2006 |
| Creators | Tennis, Joseph T. |
| Contributors | Furner, Jonathan, Tennis, Joseph T. |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Conference Paper |
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