Social Tagging & Folksonomies: Indexing, Retrieving...and
Beyond?
Isabella Peters, Margaret E.I. Kipp, Tamara Heck, Jacek Gwizdka, Kun Lu,
Diane Neal and Louise Spiteri
ASIST 2011 Annual Meeting
New Orleans, LA, October 9-12, 2011
Summary
The purpose of this panel is to look back on seven years of research on folksonomies and tagging systems and to
summarize its main contributions as well as to try forecasting the evolution folksonomies will make in the
future. Research findings which show the advantages and drawbacks of folksonomies and tagging systems in various
scenarios and which may reduce the reluctance of the professional side will be presented. Additionally, the
panellists and audience will discuss the new breed of "folksonomies" formed by hashtags, geo-tags, system-tags
etc. in order to find the best definitions for folksonomies and folksonomy-like structures.
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