2007/01/10 by Jakob Voß, Voss, Jakob
Computer Science · Social Sciences · #Advanced Text Analysis Techniques #FOS: Computer and information sciences #H.3.1 #Information Retrieval (cs.IR) #Semantic Web and Ontologies #Wikis in Education and Collaboration
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cs/0701072
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This paper gives an overview of current trends in manual indexing on the Web. Along with a general rise of user generated content there are more and more tagging systems that allow users to annotate digital resources with tags (keywords) and share their annotations with other users. Tagging is frequently seen in contrast to traditional knowledge organization systems or as something completely new. This paper shows that tagging should better be seen as a popular form of manual indexing on the Web. Difference between controlled and free indexing blurs with sufficient feedback mechanisms. A revised typology of tagging systems is presented that includes different user roles and knowledge organization systems with hierarchical relationships and vocabulary control. A detailed bibliography of current research in collaborative tagging is included.