Folksonomy
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A folksonomy is a system of classification derived from the practice and method of collaboratively creating and managing tags to annotate and categorize content[1]; this practice is also known as collaborative tagging, social classification, social indexing, and social tagging.[citation needed]
The word folksonomy is a portmanteau of folk and taxonomy.
Folksonomies became popular on the Web around 2004[2] as part of social software applications such as social bookmarking and annotating photographs. Tagging, which is characteristic of Web 2.0 services,[citation needed] allows users to collectively classify and find information. Some websites include tag clouds as a way to visualize tags in a folksonomy.
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- ^ Pink, Daniel H. (December 11, 2005). "Folksonomy". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/11/magazine/11ideas1-21.html. Retrieved on 14 July 2009.
- ^ Vander Wal, Thomas. "Folksonomy Coinage and Definition". http://vanderwal.net/folksonomy.html. Retrieved on 2009-07-06.
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