Workshop Session B4:
"Folksonomies: Metadata or Mess?"
This page provides details for the workshop session on
"Folksonomies: Metadata or Mess?".
- Title:
- Folksonomies: Metadata or Mess?
- Facilitator:
- Marieke
Guy and
Emma Tonkin, UKOLN
- Abstract:
- A folksonomy is a decentralised, social approach to creating online metadata for digital
assets. The result is a flat namespace with no hierarchy or control. This new practice, used
on sites like del.icio.us and Flikr, has sparked off a lot of debate between those eager for a
user-centred Web and others in favour of more formal classification systems. This workshop
will look at the history of folksonomies and the issues involved in their use. Participants
will have a go at personalised classification (tagging) and then through discussion and group
work will consider its advantages and disadvantages. Finally participants will reflect on
whether folksonomies have a role in an interoperable future.
- Learning Outcomes:
- By the end of the session participants will:
- Have gained an understanding of what folksonomies are, how they are being used and their
evolution.
- Have explored how personal classification is carried out and the issues involved when
choosing terms.
- Have gained an understanding of when and why users might prefer to use a dynamic set of
classifications rather than a static set and the advantages and disadvantages of both systems.
- Have considered the role folksonomies can play in an interoperable Web.
- Room Requirements:
- PC and data projector.
- Venue:
- Conference Room 3 (capacity 14/25).
See venue details.
- Time:
- This session took place from 16:00-17:30 on Thursday 7th July 2005.
- Contact Details
-
Marieke Guy
UKOLN
University Of Bath
Bath
BA2 7AY
Email: M.Guy AT ukoln.ac.uk
Phone: +44 1225 385105
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Emma Tonkin
UKOLN
University Of Bath
Bath
BA2 7AY
Email: E.Tonkin AT ukoln.ac.uk
Phone: +44 1225 384930
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