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Tagging

...and another Pew Internet report on tagging...a bit ironic that the very aspect of tagging that makes it most useful (i.e. we define a resource as we perceive it) is listed as a qualifier for the challenges experienced by the report (i.e. more people may tag, but they use different names for the process). Sucks when new approaches are squeezed into existing models of information dissemination. While the report is a bit sparse, the short interview with David Weinberger is useful in presenting tagging as a means of information classification in contrast with traditional systems (like Dewey).