Remove Folksonomy Remove Taxonomy Remove Track
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NpTech Tag Discussion: Analysis of Tags Used With NpTech - Thank you Chris!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Gavin's original post is here (Gavin, please track back to this and approve your track backs if you are moderating them). " Laura Quinn points to Getty Images and says the have an incredibly successful taxonomy,"working against a collection of at least several hundred thousand photos. I'm being quite serious here.

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NpTech Tag Cross Blog Discussion: What do those guidelines look like?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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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Shoulder-to-Shoulder Instructional Media: My Tagging Screencast at NTEN!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A few nonprofits are using socialbookmarking to track resources or follow particular topics for trend analysis for strategic planning. re not creating a formal taxonomy, rather it???s s a folksonomy. and you can find them here: [link]. Sometimes you may not want to expose all of your bookmarks. Most services offer a ???tag