Folksonomies. Indexing and Retrieval in Web 2.0

by Isabella Peters

In Web 2.0 users not only make heavy use of Col-laborative Information Services in order to create, publish and share digital information resources - what is more, they index and represent these re-sources via own keywords, so-called tags. The sum of this user-generated metadata of a Collaborative Information Service is also called Folksonomy. In contrast to professionally created and highly struc-tured metadata, e.g. subject headings, thesauri,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3598251793
• ISBN13: 9783598251795
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: K.G. Saur Verlag
• Length: 449 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary