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CSCW
2006
ACM
15 years 3 months ago
tagging, communities, vocabulary, evolution
A tagging community’s vocabulary of tags forms the basis for social navigation and shared expression. We present a user-centric model of vocabulary evolution in tagging communit...
Shilad Sen, Shyong K. Lam, Al Mamunur Rashid, Dan ...
MC
2008
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14 years 11 months ago
Between 'Instructions' and 'Diy': Tagging in Learning Communities
In this paper, we discuss the novel technology tagging and the results of analyzing a learning community in a popular system that relies on tagging namely YouTube. We present our ...
Milena Reichel, Heidi Schelhowe
SEMWEB
2007
Springer
15 years 3 months ago
Vocabulary Patterns in Free-for-all Collaborative Indexing Systems
In collaborative indexing systems users generate a big amount of metadata by labelling web-based content. These labels are known as tags and form a shared vocabulary. In order to u...
Wolfgang Maass, Tobias Kowatsch, Timo Münster
COGSR
2011
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14 years 4 months ago
How groups develop a specialized domain vocabulary: A cognitive multi-agent model
We simulate the evolution of a domain vocabulary in small communities. Empirical data show that human communicators can evolve graphical languages quickly in a constrained task (P...
David Reitter, Christian Lebiere
WWW
2007
ACM
15 years 10 months ago
Fostering Knowledge Evolution through Community-based Participation
The ontology development process is typically led by single or small groups of experts, with users mostly playing a passive role. Such an elitist approach in building ontologies h...
Domenico Gendarmi, Fabio Abbattista, Filippo Lanub...