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[edit] Tagging
Social tagging is regarded as democratic folksonomy metadata generation, i.e. rather than an individual controlling the descriptive information about an article or other content, metadata is generated by both the creator and consumers of the content.
This caters to the long tail of search terminology by deliberately introducing minority keywords and removes the restriction placed on the content of metadata by a controlled vocabulary.
It differs from social bookmarking (see more about this below) in that it relates to the tagging of content accessible to a large group from one place, rather than defining tags about content located elsewhere.
[edit] Social Bookmarking
In a social bookmarking system, users store lists of Internet resources that they find useful. These lists are either accessible to the public or a specific network, and other people with similar interests can view the links by category, tags, or even randomly. Some allow for privacy on a per-bookmark basis.
They also categorize their resources by the use of informally assigned, user-defined keywords or tags (see folksonomy). Most social bookmarking services allow users to search for bookmarks that are associated with given "tags", and rank the resources by the number of users who have bookmarked them. The social bookmarking service we generally use is called del.icio.us. Read more about it below.
[edit] What is del.icio.us?
Del.icio.us is an online social bookmarking service. Basically, once you create an account, you can begin saving Web addresses to your del.icio.us list. As you save the sites, you can "tag" them with appropriate descriptive keywords. No matter what computer you're working on, you can call up your del.icio.us list and find what you've saved. If your list starts to get long, you can filter it by the tags you've been using.
[edit] del.icio.us How-to
Click here for a how-to on setting up a del.icio.us account.
[edit] del.icio.us in action for Faculty Academy
- Take a look at the fa08 tag on del.icio.us for Faculty Academy
[edit] Photo Sharing
Photo sharing is the publishing or transfer of a user's digital photos online, thus enabling the user to share them with others (whether publically or privately). This functionality is provided through both websites and applications that facilitate the upload and display of images. The term can also be loosely applied to the use of online photo galleries that are setup and managed by individual users, including photoblogs.
[edit] What is Flickr?
Flickr is a photo sharing website and web services suite, and an online community platform, which is generally considered an early example of a Web 2.0 application.
In addition to being a popular Web site for users to share personal photographs, the service is widely used by bloggers as a photo repository. Its popularity has been fueled by its innovative online community tools that allow photos to be tagged and browsed by folksonomic means.
[edit] Flickr How to
Click here for a how-to on setting up a Flickr account.
[edit] Flickr in action
- Take a look at the fa08 tag on Flickr for Faculty Academy
