S. Golder, and B. Huberman. Journal of Information Science, 32 (2):
198-208(2006)
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 popu-
larity 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.
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%X 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 popu-
larity 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.
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users add metadata in the form of keywords to shared
content. Recently, collaborative tagging has grown in popu-
larity 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.
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