%0 Report %1 heymann2006collaborative %A Heymann, Paul %A Garcia-Molina, Hector %D 2006 %I Stanford %K algorithm learning ontology %N 2006-10 %T Collaborative Creation of Communal Hierarchical Taxonomies in Social Tagging Systems %U http://ilpubs.stanford.edu:8090/775/ %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{heymann2006collaborative, 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.}, added-at = {2017-05-02T09:22:32.000+0200}, author = {Heymann, Paul and Garcia-Molina, Hector}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/23b4ce6fd7fa6dbf1c39fd261fa39fcd6/thoni}, institution = {Stanford InfoLab}, interhash = {d77846b40aadb0e25233cabf905bb93e}, intrahash = {3b4ce6fd7fa6dbf1c39fd261fa39fcd6}, keywords = {algorithm learning ontology}, month = {April}, number = {2006-10}, publisher = {Stanford}, timestamp = {2017-05-02T09:22:32.000+0200}, title = {Collaborative Creation of Communal Hierarchical Taxonomies in Social Tagging Systems}, type = {Technical Report}, url = {http://ilpubs.stanford.edu:8090/775/}, year = 2006 }