Survival of the fittest tag: Folksonomies, findability, and the evolution of information organization Export

@article{citeulike:4450006, abstract = {Folksonomies have emerged as a means to create order in a rapidly expanding information environment whose existing means to organize content have been strained. This paper examines folksonomies from an evolutionary perspective, viewing the changing conditions of the information environment as having given rise to organization adaptations in order to ensure information ” survival” — remaining findable. This essay traces historical information organization mechanisms, the conditions that gave rise to folksonomies, and the scholarly response, review, and recommendations for the future of folksonomies.}, author = {Wichowski, Alexis}, citeulike-article-id = {4450006}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2447/2175}, day = {4}, journal = {First Monday}, keywords = {evolution, folksonomy}, month = {May}, number = {5}, posted-at = {2009-05-05 09:16:26}, priority = {3}, title = {Survival of the fittest tag: Folksonomies, findability, and the evolution of information organization}, url = {http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2447/2175}, volume = {14}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4450006 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4450006 N2 - Folksonomies have emerged as a means to create order in a rapidly expanding information environment whose existing means to organize content have been strained. This paper examines folksonomies from an evolutionary perspective, viewing the changing conditions of the information environment as having given rise to organization adaptations in order to ensure information “survival” — remaining findable. This essay traces historical information organization mechanisms, the conditions that gave rise to folksonomies, and the scholarly response, review, and recommendations for the future of folksonomies. IS - 5 JF - First Monday TI - Survival of the fittest tag: Folksonomies, findability, and the evolution of information organization VL - 14 KW - evolution KW - folksonomy AU - Wichowski, Alexis PY - 2009/05/04/ UR - http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2447/2175 ER -