Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2007

Holly at NTEN has a post titled " Taxonomy vs Folksonomy." Taxonomy won! I ran another googlefight using the word "tagging" instead of the Folksonomy and tagging won! Holly also posted a response to the How Are You Using the NpTech Tag with " Taxonomies are for Chumps " post.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

If you've participated in using the tag and share some of your reflections of where it's been, where it is going, and other insights about community tagging projects, come join us. It's an opportunity for some reflection about what the story means. To translate into your time zone, use the World Time Clock. Want to join in the fun?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2007

Let's begin with big picture question that Gavin raised: What purpose do folksonomies serve? How are they different from taxonomies? Gavin's post does a great job explaining the definitions and the advantages of a taxonomy over a folksonomy. He observes that folksonomies are in the early stages of development.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2007

Gavin's Digital Diner gave us a thoughtful post about the pros/cons of taxonomy versus folksonomy, and the quality (or lack of) in user-generated content. A brilliant reflection, if only presenting one point of view, but still worth reading! What purpose do folksonomies serve? How are they different from taxonomies?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 22, 2005

Powerhouse Museum Electronic Fabric Swatch Book is a really cool project and an example of using a folksonomy as a way to address the reality that Museums often use subject categorizations that don't reflect the terms most people use when searching online. Source: Powerhouse Museum.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2007

I wanted to capture some reflections while it is still fresh in my mind and this is going to be unformed and in no particular order. Is that a formalized taxonomy or not? Particularly if there is some momentum around using the NptechTag "folksonomy" to develop a more formal taxonomy. still thinking outloud.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Many useful observations and questions raised about how to analyze the tagging data we've collected and how to move from a folksonomy to a taxonomy. To catch up, read the summary here and to read the most recent thoughts -- see Gavin's newest post here and Emily's reflections here. The proposed call agenda is here.

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