%0 Journal Article %1 veres06folksonomy %A Veres, Csaba %D 2006 %J Conceptual Modeling - ER 2006 %K research.web20.tagging research.conceptual.folksonomy study.web20 %P 325--338 %T Concept Modeling by the Masses: Folksonomy Structure and Interoperability %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11901181_25 %X The recent popularity of social software in the wake of the much hyped “Web2.0�? has resulted in a flurry of activity aroundfolksonomies, the emergent systems of classification that result from making public the individual users’ personal classificationsin the form of simple free form “tags�?. Several approaches have emerged in the analysis of these folksonomies including mathematicalapproaches for clustering and identifying affinities, social theories about cultural factors in tagging, and cognitive theoriesabout their mental underpinnings. In this paper we argue that the most useful analysis is in terms of mental phenomena sincenaive classification is essentially a cognitive task. We then describe a method for extracting structural properties of freeform user tags, based on the linguistic properties of the tags. This reveals some deep insights in the conceptual modelingbehavior of naive users. Finally we explore the usefulness of the latent structural properties of free form “tag clouds�? forinteroperability between folksonomies from different services.

@article{veres06folksonomy, abstract = {The recent popularity of social software in the wake of the much hyped “Web2.0�? has resulted in a flurry of activity aroundfolksonomies, the emergent systems of classification that result from making public the individual users’ personal classificationsin the form of simple free form “tags�?. Several approaches have emerged in the analysis of these folksonomies including mathematicalapproaches for clustering and identifying affinities, social theories about cultural factors in tagging, and cognitive theoriesabout their mental underpinnings. In this paper we argue that the most useful analysis is in terms of mental phenomena sincenaive classification is essentially a cognitive task. We then describe a method for extracting structural properties of freeform user tags, based on the linguistic properties of the tags. This reveals some deep insights in the conceptual modelingbehavior of naive users. Finally we explore the usefulness of the latent structural properties of free form “tag clouds�? forinteroperability between folksonomies from different services.}, added-at = {2010-10-07T11:05:09.000+0200}, author = {Veres, Csaba}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/28f3f2f8b9aaa48f6b938c8237a9e4e08/msn}, interhash = {ce1a0dcac78702811f22fe3dc41bc46e}, intrahash = {8f3f2f8b9aaa48f6b938c8237a9e4e08}, journal = {Conceptual Modeling - ER 2006}, keywords = {research.web20.tagging research.conceptual.folksonomy study.web20}, pages = {325--338}, timestamp = {2010-10-07T11:05:09.000+0200}, title = {Concept Modeling by the Masses: Folksonomy Structure and Interoperability}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11901181_25}, year = 2006 }