Social Classification: Categories, Tags, and Descriptors - Prof. Elizabeth R. Rasnick, Study notes of Information Technology

Download Social Classification: Categories, Tags, and Descriptors - Prof. Elizabeth R. Rasnick and more Study notes Information Technology in PDF only on Docsity! Social Classification Categories and Tags What is Social Classification? • Members of a community organizing a collection for future reference – A community could be students of school, an interest group, museum curators, … – A collection could consist of images, papers, artifacts, … – Future reference means once the collection is organized, people will use it to find items of interest. EBay Descriptors (Another Example) • Price is a Descriptor – <$100 (Category) – $100 to $10,000 (Category) – >$10,000 (Category) • Condition is a Descriptor – New (Category) – Used (Category) • Like New (Sub-Category) • Good Condition (Sub-Category) • Worn (Sub-Category) Examples in the Archive • Date is a Descriptor – 1957(Category) – 1958 (Category) – 1959 or after (Category) • Source is a Descriptor – Journal and Guide (Category) – Virginian-Pilot (Category) What is Tagging? • A tag is a single keyword (sometimes 2 and rarely 3) that is attached to an item. A tag is free standing and not organized like categories and subcategories. • For example, we might use tags such as sharp or conservative or tie or shirt to describe our picture. Could one person tag the picture with beautiful and another with ugly? Absolutely!!