Re: [LM_NET] Please help. What is "tagging" all about?

[Robert Eiffert <beiffert@COMCAST.NET>]

The big word is folksomony - user  defined terms rather than codified by
official group or organization.  Probably the best overview is at
Library Clips
<http://libraryclips.blogsome.com/2005/02/21/folksomonies-with-rules/>
Good discussions of many other new technologies (or Web 2) there also.

http://del.icio.us/doc/about  describes tags as "...one-word
descriptors..."  and  technorati.com/tags/ describes as "A tag is like a
subject or category".  I think of them as keywords as opposed to subject
headings or categories.

Since they are one word, there are some limitations; can't use
'information literacy' so try infolit, etc.

Part of the 'Social Bookmarking' incorporated into
furl.net
jots.com
spurl.net
del.icio.us/
(there are others, these are ones I use or am experimenting with)

There are search engines now focusing on blogs (incomplete list:
Technorati, IceRocket, Clusty); they are utilizing  tags.

Then, if you want a step geekier, Technorati, del.icio.us, and others
will do periodic searches based on choosen tags, then send your RSS
reader the results.....


HTH,

Robert Eiffert
Librarian, Pacific MS  Vancouver WA
pac.egreen.wednet.edu/library beiffert@egreen.wednet.edu
Librarian in the Middle Blog: beiffert.net  robert@beiffert.net



Jacqueline Henry wrote:

>I am trying to educate myself about blogging, RSS feeds, wikis & other
>social technologies.  I keep coming across references to "tagging".  I
>think it has something to do with assigning keywords to blogs etc. so
>they can be searched more efficiently.  However - I have seen web
>pages/blogs with tags listed at the bottom of the page that for the most
>part seem to have nothing to do with the actual content of the page.  As
>a matter of fact - many of them have seem non-sensical to me.  Is there
>anyone out there who could give me some help?  I could use a basic
>definition of the term, and some pointers to really basic pages that can
>help me learn about this.
>
>Thanks - I will appreciate any help you can give me!  Type slowly so I
>can understand you ;-)   I am confused enough!
>
>
>

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