Social Tagging as a Knowledge Organization and Resource Discovery Tool

Authors

  • Hesham Allam

Keywords:

Social Tagging, Knowledge Management, de.li.ci.ous

Abstract

 

The purpose of this paper is to give an overview of the social tagging phenomenon, including how it evolved and the debate surrounding its benefits and limitations. Further, social tagging's potential as a new tool for knowledge organization and resources discovery will be considered. Finally, some questions concerning social tagging will be presented for future research. The paper reflects an interdisciplinary overview of the technical aspect of social tagging along with a behavioural look at why and how it is used as a tool to discover and organize knowledge.

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2010-11-28

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