Comments on: del.icio.us descriptors http://libraryclips.blogsome.com/2005/09/14/delicious-descriptors/ sharing ideas thoughts and feedback Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:25:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Twan van Elk http://libraryclips.blogsome.com/2005/09/14/delicious-descriptors/#comment-1903 Fri, 16 Sep 2005 12:01:56 +0100 http://libraryclips.blogsome.com/2005/09/14/delicious-descriptors/#comment-1903 I don't think that it is possible to solve the problem of aboutness the way you describe, because people tag in different ways. The solution you mention may be great for the way you personally tag your entries, but for others it wouldn't work. If someone already tries to just add tags that describe the overall aboutness of the entry for instance... the way they look at it at that moment in time! I think you have to consider the fact, that when you search for tagged entries, the context of your search may be completely different from the context in which you were tagging. I don’t think that it is possible to solve the problem of aboutness the way you describe, because people tag in different ways. The solution you mention may be great for the way you personally tag your entries, but for others it wouldn’t work. If someone already tries to just add tags that describe the overall aboutness of the entry for instance… the way they look at it at that moment in time! I think you have to consider the fact, that when you search for tagged entries, the context of your search may be completely different from the context in which you were tagging.

]]> by: Johnt http://libraryclips.blogsome.com/2005/09/14/delicious-descriptors/#comment-1792 Thu, 15 Sep 2005 01:38:57 +0100 http://libraryclips.blogsome.com/2005/09/14/delicious-descriptors/#comment-1792 Your totally right, I'm assuming tags are subject terms, but they can be any kind of label eg. action, document type. etc.. So you would have to have a list of prefixes that define what type of tag the tag is...if I had a space at the top of my del.icio.us account I could list a legend for my tag prefixes, so people browsing know the context of my tags...and I could tag bundle by prefix Your totally right, I’m assuming tags are subject terms, but they can be any kind of label eg. action, document type. etc..

So you would have to have a list of prefixes that define what type of tag the tag is…if I had a space at the top of my del.icio.us account I could list a legend for my tag prefixes, so people browsing know the context of my tags…and I could tag bundle by prefix

]]> by: Twan van Elk http://libraryclips.blogsome.com/2005/09/14/delicious-descriptors/#comment-1650 Wed, 14 Sep 2005 12:42:13 +0100 http://libraryclips.blogsome.com/2005/09/14/delicious-descriptors/#comment-1650 "…this would be a great implementation in del.icio.us as you could have 2 versions of the same tag." That is, if you're talking about subject fields. But when they are going to make this distinction, what should they do with other kinds of descriptors? What if I tag my entries according to the type of action I intend to take upon it? Or to the type of document, e.g. 'blogposts' or 'newsitems'? “…this would be a great implementation in del.icio.us as you could have 2 versions of the same tag.”

That is, if you’re talking about subject fields. But when they are going to make this distinction, what should they do with other kinds of descriptors? What if I tag my entries according to the type of action I intend to take upon it? Or to the type of document, e.g. ‘blogposts’ or ‘newsitems’?

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