Collaborative Creation of Communal
Hierarchical Taxonomies in Social Tagging
Systems
P. Heymann, and H. Garcia-Molina. 2006--10. Computer Science Department, Stanford University, (April 2006)
Abstract
Collaborative tagging systems---systems where many
casual users annotate objects with free-form strings
(tags) of their choosing---have recently emerged as
a powerful way to label and organize large
collections of data. During our recent investigation
into these types of systems, we discovered a simple
but remarkably effective algorithm for converting a
large corpus of tags annotating objects in a tagging
system into a navigable hierarchical taxonomy of
tags. We first discuss the algorithm and then
present a preliminary model to explain why it is so
effective in these types of systems.
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%1 heymann2006
%A Heymann, Paul
%A Garcia-Molina, Hector
%D 2006
%K folksonomy taxonomy
%N 2006--10
%T Collaborative Creation of Communal
Hierarchical Taxonomies in Social Tagging
Systems
%X Collaborative tagging systems---systems where many
casual users annotate objects with free-form strings
(tags) of their choosing---have recently emerged as
a powerful way to label and organize large
collections of data. During our recent investigation
into these types of systems, we discovered a simple
but remarkably effective algorithm for converting a
large corpus of tags annotating objects in a tagging
system into a navigable hierarchical taxonomy of
tags. We first discuss the algorithm and then
present a preliminary model to explain why it is so
effective in these types of systems.
@techreport{heymann2006,
abstract = {Collaborative tagging systems---systems where many
casual users annotate objects with free-form strings
(tags) of their choosing---have recently emerged as
a powerful way to label and organize large
collections of data. During our recent investigation
into these types of systems, we discovered a simple
but remarkably effective algorithm for converting a
large corpus of tags annotating objects in a tagging
system into a navigable hierarchical taxonomy of
tags. We first discuss the algorithm and then
present a preliminary model to explain why it is so
effective in these types of systems.},
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author = {Heymann, Paul and Garcia-Molina, Hector},
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month = {April},
number = {2006--10},
priority = {3},
timestamp = {2008-05-26T19:48:32.000+0200},
title = {{C}ollaborative {C}reation of {C}ommunal
{H}ierarchical {T}axonomies in {S}ocial {T}agging
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urlxxx = {http://dbpubs.stanford.edu:8090/pub/2006--10},
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