Usage patterns of collaborative tagging systems

by: Scott A Golder, Bernardo A Huberman

J. Inf. Sci., Vol. 32, No. 2. (April 2006), pp. 198-208.

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Collaborative tagging describes the process by which many users add metadata in the form of keywords to shared content. Recently, collaborative tagging has grown in popularity on the web, on sites that allow users to tag bookmarks, photographs and other content. In this paper we analyze the structure of collaborative tagging systems as well as their dynamical aspects. Specifically, we discovered regularities in user activity, tag frequencies, kinds of tags used, bursts of popularity in ookmarking and a remarkable stability in the relative proportions of tags within a given url. We also present a dynamical model of collaborative tagging that predicts these stable patterns and relates them to imitation and shared knowledge.

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TY - JOUR ID - GOHU06 L3 - citeulike-article-id:740681 N2 - Collaborative tagging describes the process by which many users add metadata in the form of keywords to shared content. Recently, collaborative tagging has grown in popularity on the web, on sites that allow users to tag bookmarks, photographs and other content. In this paper we analyze the structure of collaborative tagging systems as well as their dynamical aspects. Specifically, we discovered regularities in user activity, tag frequencies, kinds of tags used, bursts of popularity in ookmarking and a remarkable stability in the relative proportions of tags within a given url. We also present a dynamical model of collaborative tagging that predicts these stable patterns and relates them to imitation and shared knowledge. IS - 2 JF - J. Inf. Sci. SN - 0165-5515 AD - Thousand Oaks, CA, USA EP - 208 TI - Usage patterns of collaborative tagging systems PB - Sage Publications, Inc. VL - 32 SP - 198 AU - Golder, Scott AU - Huberman, Bernardo PY - 2006/04// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0165551506062337 ER -

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