Usage patterns of collaborative tagging systems

Golder, S. A., & Huberman, B. A. (2006). Usage patterns of collaborative tagging systems. Journal of Information Science.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

2006

DOI

10.1177/0165551506062337

Link

https://doi.org/10.1177/0165551506062337

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Domain-specific

• Retrieval Facet
  • Tags may be useful, but uncontrolled wording, synonyms, and inconsistent granularity defeat the governed alternative set

    This sourceIdentifies polysemy, synonymy and basic-level variation in specificity as the systematic defects of uncontrolled collaborative tagging, and the retrieval failures they cause.

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