A Taxing Dilemma
When it comes to Web 2.0, are we all just tagging along?
A scientific taxonomy is different than a folk taxonomy which is still yet more different than a folksonomic network that is creatively "going meta" with the data.
Mr. Big Science has a serious stake invested in the art of taxonomy. Anything even resembling a clustercloud of semantic frottage reeks of fauxonomies.
Apparently, "going meta" is also a way to influence the progressive netroots political community as well.
(Warning: do not follow this last link above in hopes of making any connection between contemporary art and writing and the so-called progressive netroots scene. As usual, there is very little overlap between what they are doing and what hactivist net artists are up to.
How do I feel about this?
I don't.)
A scientific taxonomy is different than a folk taxonomy which is still yet more different than a folksonomic network that is creatively "going meta" with the data.
Mr. Big Science has a serious stake invested in the art of taxonomy. Anything even resembling a clustercloud of semantic frottage reeks of fauxonomies.
Apparently, "going meta" is also a way to influence the progressive netroots political community as well.
(Warning: do not follow this last link above in hopes of making any connection between contemporary art and writing and the so-called progressive netroots scene. As usual, there is very little overlap between what they are doing and what hactivist net artists are up to.
How do I feel about this?
I don't.)
Metadata: tagging, folksonomy, Web 2.0, netroots
posted by Professor VJ at 10:22 AM
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