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.
%0 Journal Article
%1 golder
%A Golder, Scott A.
%A Huberman, Bernardo A.
%C Thousand Oaks, CA, USA
%D 2006
%I Sage Publications, Inc.
%J J. Inf. Sci.
%K toread
%N 2
%P 198--208
%R 10.1177/0165551506062337
%T Usage patterns of collaborative tagging systems
%U http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1119738.1119747
%V 32
%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 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.
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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.},
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title = {Usage patterns of collaborative tagging systems},
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