Folksonomy

Folksonomy:

- is done by the person using the information.
- is about free tagging of information and objects.
- is about tags used for retrival. 
- tagging is done in a shared and open social environment.


Three ELEMENTS in folksonomy
1) Person tagging
2) Object being tagged
3) Name of the tag


The Values
- the tagging is derived from people using their own vocabulary and adding explicit meaning,
- Allowing people to participate in the tagging in itself create value to the Internet world  and by which making folksonomy an important tool in Web 2.0