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1. Introduction A folksonomy is a type of distributed classification system. It is usually created by a group of individuals, typically the resource users. Users add tags to online items, such as images, videos, bookmarks and text. These tags are then shared and sometimes refined. A general review of social bookmarking tools, one popular use area of folksonomies, was given in the April edition of D-Lib [1]. In the article the authors elaborate on the approach taken by social classification systems and the motivators behind tagging. They write, "...tags are just one kind of metadata and are not a replacement for formal classification systems such as Dublin Core, MODS, etc.... Rather, they are a supplemental means to organise information and order search results."

Boa idéia para organizar as tags no del.icio.us.

Adding links by hand is both time-consuming and ineffective for those who can't spend 24 hours a day watching for breaking news. Relying on RSS feeds means fresh headlines, but the clutter of irrelevant content.Now, many bloggers are turning to a new service called TagCloud that lets them cherry-pick articles in RSS feeds by key words -- or tags -- that appear in those feeds.

A folksonomia permite aliar várias palavras a vários conteúdos com auxílio de informantes reunidos em uma rede social. Apesar de não ser tão intuitiva e disseminada como a dos diretórios ou folders, ela foi rapidamente compreendida e difundida por uma faixa de early adopters de aplicativos para a Web. O sucesso diante deste público baseia-se na metáfora que não está mais no mundo real de grandes arquivos de metal, mas sim nos hipertextos que fazem parte do cotidiano destes usuários há dez anos ou mais.

Ning is a free online service (or, as we like to call it, a Playground) for building and using social applications.Social apps are web applications that enable anyone to match, transact, and communicate with other people.