Headshift’s Protytpe of BBC News Tagging Headshift has set up a prototype which allows users to tag BBC News stories. {JJP}
Facet-based site navigation systems provide a way of browsing complex data sets without forcing a formal taxonomy onto the data. Facet-Based browsing is different than other methods of crawling information. A common system for navigation is a Taxonomy where you start at the top of the tree and browse your way down to the information … Continue reading
Why did I build this blog now? To demonstrate the power of tagging and of folksonomy as an enterprise collaboration and communication tool. There are several key parts of this integration picture that have finally come together (at least for me). The first element is the growth of tagging – the ability of users to … Continue reading
IT Conversations: Clay Shirky – Ontology is Overrated Clay Shirky gave a presentation at ETech titled Ontology is Overrated. You can listen to the presentation at the link above (ITConversations). Highlights [with my expansions in square brackets]: (1) Ontologies are left over from times when we had to file objects on shelves. This is no … Continue reading
