Folksonomy研究

研究Flickr、Last.fm或是Del.icio.us不可錯過的一篇文章 – Folksonomies – Cooperative Classification and Communication Through Shared Metadata:

Perhaps the most important strength of a folksonomy is that it directly reflects the vocabulary of users. In an information retrieval system, there are at least two, and possibly many more vocabularies present (Buckland, 1999). These could include that of the user of the system, the designer of the system, the author of the material, the creators of the classification scheme; translating between these vocabularies is often a difficult and defining issue in information systems. As discussed earlier, a folksonomy represents a fundamental shift in that it is derived not from professionals or content creators, but from the users of information and documents. In this way, it directly reflects their choices in diction, terminology, and precision.

Mobile phones端那頭，不知現在日本有沒有支援folksonomy的application。試想，隨手一按即可在更具有「社會性」的地點(空間)、在移動的狀況當中(空間)，隨時地(時間)做「classification」的動作。我覺得這應該會很有趣。

更新：

1. Folksonomies? How about Metadata Ecologies?