Tag Dictionaries & Social

BookmarkingMaggie Tsai and Anne Bubnic

What is Diigo?

Digest of Internet Information, Groups and Other Stuff

Collaborative research tool

Knowledge-sharing community

Group Tag Dictionary

Allows groups of users to catalog and organize content.

Allows us to share bookmarks with others who have a common interest.

Makes it easier to access and search bookmarks

Group Tags Dictionaries

16 = max

Let’s look at some Diigo Groups ...

Exceeds

Tag Limit

Trends we observed...

All groups use more than 16 tags

3 Groups maxed out the number of tags that could be used

>50% of groups had as many tags as bookmarks

Two groups had significantly less tags than bookmarks.

Same Diigo Groups - New Info

Tagging Observations

Least amount of tags are used in groups where there are multiple contributers, but one dominant contributor.

Examples: Digital Citizenship Group and Let’s Manga

Most amount of tags are used in groups with large memberships and numerous regular contributors

Examples: Classroom 2.0, Diigo in Education and Education Diigo Groups

Possible Explanations for Tagging Patterns

Individuals view content with different lenses

User cross-tagging of multiple groups

Inconsistencies among groups in use of tags for similar content

Use of synonyms or word variations, typos

Content is tagged with no long-term purpose in mind.

Other patterns that contribute

to the problem

Group members who use too many tags to describe an article

People dropping articles into the wrong group

Multiple variations of the same word (singular, plural, synonym, misspelling)

Inconsistencies: Use of underscore or running two words together.

Examples: tagging variants in groups

Classroom 2.0

Diigo in Education

Common Tag errors

Misspellings/Typos

Variations of the same word

Synonyms for the same word

Underscore/no underscore

Forgetting to put quotes around two words (“21st century”)

Consequences of Tagging Errors

Impossible to retrieve comprehensive content later. Which list would you choose?

Tagging Tips for Group Moderators

Review group tags on a regular basis

Scan the list for synonyms, misspellings and words that got separated.

Consolidate tags where ever possible

Model good tagging behaviors - don’t over-tag!

Think about essential tags that would be needed to recall the content later.

Tag Clean-up processView all bookmarks -> View Bookmark Tags = Tag Edit Screen

Locate a tag that needs correction

Click on it to verify how that tag has been used.

Tag Clean-up (cont’d)

Go back to tag dictionary; click on edit

Correct the tag. Click on Save. Refresh screen.

If you combined two words, delete the orphan tag (example: 21st + century = “21st century.” The “century” tag is now an orphan. Delete it.