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Tagging: People-powered Metadata for the Social Web (Voices That Matter)

By Gene Smith

Book information

Publisher
New Riders
Year
2008
ISBN
9780321529176, 0321529170
LCC
Z666.7 .S65 2008
Google Books ID
QKBlAcdkMwsC
Open Library ID
OL10461204M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
18 MB (19047195 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
217\217
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Tagging is fast becoming one of the primary ways people organize and manage digital information. Tagging complements traditional organizational tools like folders and search on users desktops as well as on the web. These developments mean that tagging has broad implications for information management, information architecture and interface design. And its reach extends beyond these technical domains to our culture at large. We can imagine, for example, the scrapbookers of the future curating their digital photos, emails, ticket stubs and other mementos with tags. This book explains the value of tagging, explores why people tag, how tagging works and when it can be used to improve the user experience. It exposes tagging's superficial simplicity to reveal interesting issues related to usability, information architecture, online community and collective intelligence.

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