Tag-resource-user : a review of approaches in studying folksonomies

Scientific paper - Original scientific paper

• Author: Jadranka Lasić-Lazić
• Author: Sonja Špiranec
• Author: Tomislav Ivanjko
• Author's institution: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of information and Communication sciences)
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Information and Communication Sciences

Abstract (english)

This paper provides insight into main approaches t o studying folksonomy based on its tripartite structure “tags-users-resources”. By conducting an exhaustive literature review in relevant scientific databases in LIS field, main approaches and methods in analyzing folksonomies are covered. The field of research is approached through three main focuses: (1) tags D covering approaches in analyzing tag corpuses and structure ; (2) users D carrying out studies for diverse communities of practice and (3) resources D covering research and methods dealing with the potential of folksonomy in providing new tools for information retrieval. The area of researching folksonomies is still fairly new, so theoretical perspective and research methods are still being defined. In that light, this paper provides a review of the field of research, and a corresponding framework for the study of the field of folksonomy and social tagging systems.

• Keywords (english): folksonomy; social tagging; collaborative tagging
• Language: english
• Publication type: Scientific paper - Original scientific paper
• Publication status: Published
• Peer review: Peer review - international
• Publication version: Submitted version
• Journal title: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries
• Numbering: vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 683-692
• p-ISSN: 2241-1925
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:537950
• Publication: 2014
• Type of resource: Text
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2022-10-17 13:55:27