Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Folksonomy

Folksonomy is a social phenomenon that results from tagging, which is the linking of keywords to different resources. This tool eases research and enables people to come across pertinent information by allowing different routes to discover content. By publicly labeling resources, people work together to create tags in a communal effort known as "folksonomy." Therefore, folksonomy is the collection of keywords compliled by the public, used to make information findable to others.