A folksonomy is a
user generated
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taxonomy
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used to
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categorize
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and
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retrieve
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Web pages
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,
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photographs
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,
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Web links
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and other
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web content
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using open ended labels called
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tags
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. Typically, folksonomies are
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Internet
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-based, but their use may occur in other contexts as well. The process of folksonomic tagging is intended to make a body of information increasingly easy to search, discover, and navigate over time. A well-developed folksonomy is ideally accessible as a shared vocabulary that is both originated by, and familiar to, its primary users. Two widely cited examples of websites using folksonomic tagging are
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Flickr
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and
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del.icio.us
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, although it has been suggested that Flickr is not a good example of folksonomy
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