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@article{citeulike:740681, 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 dynamic 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 dynamic model of collaborative tagging that predicts these stable patterns and relates them to imitation and shared knowledge. 10.1177/0165551506062337}, address = {Thousand Oaks, CA, USA}, author = {Golder, Scott A. and Huberman, Bernardo A.}, citeulike-article-id = {740681}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1119738.1119747}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0165551506062337}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://jis.sagepub.com/content/32/2/198.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://jis.sagepub.com/content/32/2/198.full.pdf}, citeulike-linkout-4 = {http://jis.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/32/2/198}, doi = {10.1177/0165551506062337}, issn = {0165-5515}, journal = {Journal of Information Science}, keywords = {networking, social}, month = {April}, number = {2}, pages = {198--208}, posted-at = {2007-04-21 08:09:15}, priority = {3}, publisher = {Sage Publications, Inc.}, title = {Usage patterns of collaborative tagging systems}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0165551506062337}, volume = {32}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:740681 L3 - citeulike-article-id:740681 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 dynamic 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 dynamic model of collaborative tagging that predicts these stable patterns and relates them to imitation and shared knowledge. 10.1177/0165551506062337 IS - 2 JF - Journal of Information Science SN - 0165-5515 AD - Thousand Oaks, CA, USA EP - 208 TI - Usage patterns of collaborative tagging systems PB - Sage Publications, Inc. VL - 32 SP - 198 KW - networking KW - social AU - Golder, Scott AU - Huberman, Bernardo PY - 2006/04/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0165551506062337 ER -