A folksonomy is a system of classification derived from the practice and method of collaboratively creating and managing tags to annotate and categorize content; this practice is also known as collaborative tagging, social classification, social indexing, and social tagging. Folksonomy, a term coined by Thomas Vander Wal, is a portmanteau of folks and taxonomy. Folksonomies became popular on the Web around 2004 as part of social software applications such as social bookmarking and photograph annotation. Tagging, which is one of the defining characteristics of Web 2.0 services, allows users to collectively classify and find information. Some websites include tag clouds as a way to visualize tags in a folksonomy. This book is your ultimate resource for Folksonomy. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, analysis, background and everything you need to know. In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Folksonomy right away, covering: Folksonomy, Card sorting, Steve.museum, Tag management, Vocabulary OneSource, Comparison of enterprise bookmarking platforms, Enterprise bookmarking, List of social bookmarking websites, Social bookmark link generator, Social bookmarking, 2collab, A.nnotate, AddThis, AddToAny, Areapal, BibSonomy, BookmarkSync, Broowaha, CiteULike, Cleeng, Connotea, Delicious (website), Digg, Diigo, Faves.com, Flattr, Folkd, Furl, GiveALink.org, Gnolia, Google Bookmarks, Hacker News, Licorize, Linkwad, MemeStreams, Mename, Mister Wong, Models of collaborative tagging, NewsTrust, Newsvine, Ngbot mobile, Oneview, PopUrls, Propeller.com, Reddit, Scuttle (software), ShareThis, Simpy, SiteBar, StumbleUpon, Sturvs, Taringa!, Twine (website), Wink Technologies, Yahoo! Buzz, Yardbarker, Celestial Emporium of Benevolent Knowledge's Taxonomy, Parataxonomy, Taxonomy, Acanothochitonidae, Acanthochitonina, Acutichiton, Affinity (taxonomy), Afossochiton, Afossochitonidae, AIDGAP series, Allochiton, Alpha taxonomy, Analytical Profile Index, Bacterial phyla, Baraminology, Bayer Code, Biodiversity informatics, Biovar, Body plan, Branching identification key, Calceochiton, Callistochiton, Catalogue of Life, Chelodidae, Chelodina (chiton), Chitonina, Chresonym, Circumscription (taxonomy), Cline (biology), Cryptoplax, Cymatochiton, Deep homology, DNA barcoding, Dustbin category, Encyclopedia of Life, Enteromorpha, Eochelodes, Eriinae, Evolutionary grade, Figurative system of human knowledge, Folk taxon, Folk taxonomy, Form classification, Genetypes, Glyptochiton, Gotlandochiton, Haeggochiton, Hanleya, Helminthochiton, Heterochiton, Holophyletic group, Human genetic variation, Identification (biology), Ischnochitonidae, Ivoechiton, Kindbladochiton, Lavenachiton, LawMoose, Lepidochiton, Lepidopleurina, Leptochiton, Leptochitonidae, Lewontin's Fallacy, Linnaean enterprise, Lirachiton, List of Bacteria genera, List of bacterial genera named after geographical names, List of bacterial genera named after institutions, List of bacterial genera named after mythological figures, List of bacterial genera named after personal names, Lucilina, Lumpers and splitters, Mesochiton, Military taxonomy, Mopaliidae, Multi-access key, Multi-entry key, Neoloricata, NRANK, Numerical taxonomy, Ocellochiton, Olingechiton, Oochiton, Open nomenclature, Paleochiton, Parachiton, Parapatric speciation, Peripatric speciation, Permochiton, Protochiton, Pseudischnochiton, Pterochiton, Pterygochiton, Records management taxonomy, Reticulation (single-access key), Royal Entomological Society Handbooks, Scanochiton, Scanochitonidae, Schizochiton, Schizochitonidae, Septemchiton, Septemchitonina, Serotype...and much moreThis book explains in-depth the real drivers and workings of Folksonomy. It reduces the risk of your technology, time and resources investment decisions by enabling you to compare your understanding of Folksonomy with the objectivity of experienced professionals.