Folksonomy Concept
Overview
A folksonomy is a user-generated taxonomy used to categorize and retrieve web content such as Web pages, photographs and Web links, using open-ended labels called tags. Typically, folksonomies are Internet-based, however, their use may occur in other contexts. The folksonomic tagging is intended to make a body of information easily to search, discover, and navigate over time. A well-developed folksonomy is ideally accessible as a shared vocabulary that is both originated by and familiar to its primary users. Two widely cited examples of websites using folksonomic tagging are Flickr and del.icio.us, although it has been suggested that Flickr is not a good example of folksonomy.
Folksonomy on WikiPedia
Folksonomy Service Configuration
How is it working ?
Tags are stored in the JCR at the path
/jcr:system/exo:ecm/exo:folksomomies/exo:tags. All the nodes of the taxonomy are of type
exo:tag. The name of the tag is the name of the node.
A tagged document has the mixing
exo:folksonomized and in the property
exo:folksonomy which contains a list of references to tags.
