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@article{citeulike:1616728, abstract = {Collaborative tagging describes the process by which many users add metadata in the form of keywords to shared content. Recently, collaborative tagging has grown in popularity on the web, on sites that allow users to tag bookmarks, photographs and other content. In this paper we analyze the structure of collaborative tagging systems as well as their dynamical aspects. Specifically, we discovered regularities in user activity, tag frequencies, kinds of tags used, bursts of popularity in bookmarking and a remarkable stability in the relative proportions of tags within a given url. We also present a dynamical model of collaborative tagging that predicts these stable patterns and relates them to imitation and shared knowledge.}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, author = {Golder, Scott and Huberman, Bernardo A.}, citeulike-article-id = {1616728}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0508082}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/cs/0508082}, comment = {general: overview of how people tag in delicious, the kinds of tags and what they are used for. also some statistics are given. ---=note-separator=--- 2.1: classification gives some nice problems with tags and their use - polysemous: a word that has many related senses - synonymy: multiple words which have the same meaning - plurals also a problem. ---=note-separator=--- 3.2: kinds of tags gives some good categories - (1) identifying what (or who) the bookmark is about - (2) identifying what it is - (7) task organising; when collecting information related to performing a task, eg. toread, jobsearch etc -- ABC relevant }, day = {18}, eprint = {cs/0508082}, keywords = {end-user-programming, pixi, tags}, month = {Aug}, posted-at = {2007-09-03 21:43:57}, priority = {0}, title = {The Structure of Collaborative Tagging Systems}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0508082}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1616728 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1616728 N2 - Collaborative tagging describes the process by which many users add metadata in the form of keywords to shared content. Recently, collaborative tagging has grown in popularity on the web, on sites that allow users to tag bookmarks, photographs and other content. In this paper we analyze the structure of collaborative tagging systems as well as their dynamical aspects. Specifically, we discovered regularities in user activity, tag frequencies, kinds of tags used, bursts of popularity in bookmarking and a remarkable stability in the relative proportions of tags within a given url. We also present a dynamical model of collaborative tagging that predicts these stable patterns and relates them to imitation and shared knowledge. TI - The Structure of Collaborative Tagging Systems KW - end-user-programming KW - pixi KW - tags N1 - general: overview of how people tag in delicious, the kinds of tags and what they are used for. also some statistics are given. N1 - 2.1: classification gives some nice problems with tags and their use - polysemous: a word that has many related senses - synonymy: multiple words which have the same meaning - plurals also a problem. N1 - 3.2: kinds of tags gives some good categories - (1) identifying what (or who) the bookmark is about - (2) identifying what it is - (7) task organising; when collecting information related to performing a task, eg. toread, jobsearch etc -- ABC relevant AU - Golder, Scott AU - Huberman, Bernardo PY - 2005/Aug/18/ UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0508082 ER -