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Re: what tag should we use?

Posted by Tracey P. Lauriault-2 on Jan 08, 2006; 7:21pm
URL: http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/what-tag-should-we-use-tp136p145.html

very nice!
ok!
i was on the same page, i sometimes naively double/triple tag digital
objects to enable finding them in multiple ways. Would that be helpful
here?  I'm thinking of triangulation, when trying to precicely define a
point using gps or to validate a story on indymedia.  Could that be
applied in this context? Or are there other concepts i am missing, such
as - are TAGs registered in a list somewhere with additional metadata
that stakes a name claim etc.?

Patrick Dinnen wrote:

>Well, I'm no folksonomist but... I guess the benefit of having a
>standard tag for stuff related to the group is that it makes that stuff
>much easier to find.
>
>At its simplest a tag is a single word that is manually attached to data
>on various platforms that support tagging (blogs, flickr, del.icio.us
>etc) to indicate that the information relates to a specific topic (in
>this case COACID). The benefit of settling on a single tag to use for
>the group is that it allows people to easily find all the material that
>was tagged with the intention of including it in that group (stuff
>relevant to COACID). If different people use different tags to mean the
>same thing then a lot of the benefits of simplicity and findability are
>lost.
>
>Not sure if I'm explaining this well, but perhaps that helps.
>
>Patrick
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>Tracey P. Lauriault wrote:
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>>OK!
>>
>>Just so I understand, and because i'm a little green on all this, can
>>you explain the significance (not how to!) of tagging, and why is the
>>choice of only one important?
>>
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>>Patrick Dinnen wrote:
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>>>My preference is for civicacc as Stephane suggests, slightly more
>>>memorable. Mostly though it's important that we settle on one, and only
>>>one, tag. What exactly the tag is isn't so important.
>>>
>>>Patrick
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>>>Tracey P. Lauriault wrote:
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>>>>both?
>>>>
>>>>Stephane Guidoin wrote:
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>>>>>I would have said that civicacc or civacc was correct (at least not
>>>>>used for the moment in del.icio.us for example), but we can take
>>>>>coacid also.
>>>>>
>>>>>Stef
>>>>>
>>>>>Tracey P. Lauriault wrote:
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>>>>>>coacid
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>>>>>>Michael Lenczner wrote:
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>>>>>>>for delicious / flickr / etc?
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>>>>>>>coacid is a bit hard to remember and it's in english, but it is very unique.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>civacc is easier, but less unique and so a larger chance that garbage
>>>>>>>could make it's way in.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Unless anyone thinks otherwise i'm going to suggest that we go with "coacid".
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