Comments on: Tagging Discussion http://zenofnptech.org/2007/01/tagging-discuss.html Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:27:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Beth's Blog http://zenofnptech.org/2007/01/tagging-discuss.html/comment-page-1#comment-88 Beth's Blog Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:46:19 +0000 http://www.zenofnptech.com/?p=73#comment-88 <strong>NpTech Tag Cross Blog Discussion: What do those guidelines look like?</strong> The Cross Blog Discussion of the NpTechTag has generated some comments and blog posts that I've summarized below. Let's begin with big picture question that Gavin raised: What purpose do folksonomies serve? How are they different from taxonomies? Gavin... NpTech Tag Cross Blog Discussion: What do those guidelines look like?

The Cross Blog Discussion of the NpTechTag has generated some comments and blog posts that I’ve summarized below. Let’s begin with big picture question that Gavin raised: What purpose do folksonomies serve? How are they different from taxonomies? Gavin…

]]> By: Beth http://zenofnptech.org/2007/01/tagging-discuss.html/comment-page-1#comment-87 Beth Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:45:21 +0000 http://www.zenofnptech.com/?p=73#comment-87 "I think that it is certainly possible to disseminate some guidelines (that some people will pay attention to) for the use of the nptech tag that could increase the signal/noise ratio." What do those guidelines look like? Is it a vocabularly or adding sub-categories? Or adding another tag that indicates audience as Allan Benamer has suggested for his manseo search engine? Or does it mean something completely different like suggesting that people use more than just the nptech tag and to include a one-sentence description? “I think that it is certainly possible to disseminate some guidelines (that some people will pay attention to) for the use of the nptech tag that could increase the signal/noise ratio.”

What do those guidelines look like? Is it a vocabularly or adding sub-categories? Or adding another tag that indicates audience as Allan Benamer has suggested for his manseo search engine? Or does it mean something completely different like suggesting that people use more than just the nptech tag and to include a one-sentence description?

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