Tagging: People-powered Metadata for the Social Web

Tagging is fast becoming one of the primary ways people organize and manage digital information. Tagging complements traditional organizational tools like folders and search on users desktops as well as on the web. These developments mean that tagging has broad implications for information management, information architecture and interface design. And its reach extends beyond these technical domains to our culture at large. We can imagine, for example, the scrapbookers of the future curating their digital photos, emails, ticket stubs and other mementos with tags. This book explains the value of tagging, explores why people tag, how tagging works and when it can be used to improve the user experience. It exposes tagging's superficial simplicity to reveal interesting issues related to usability, information architecture, online community and collective intelligence.

標籤化(Tagging)正迅速成為人們組織和管理數位資訊的主要方式之一。標籤化不僅補充了傳統的組織工具，如桌面上的資料夾和搜尋，也適用於網路上的資訊。這些發展意味著標籤化對於資訊管理、資訊架構和介面設計具有廣泛的影響。而它的影響範圍不僅限於技術領域，還擴展到我們的整個文化。例如，我們可以想像未來的剪貼簿愛好者將使用標籤來整理他們的數位照片、郵件、入場券和其他紀念品。本書解釋了標籤化的價值，探討了人們為何使用標籤，標籤化的工作原理以及如何利用標籤化來改善使用者體驗。它揭示了標籤化的表面簡單性，並揭示了與可用性、資訊架構、線上社群和集體智慧相關的有趣問題。