Collaborative tagging as distributed cognition

Author: Steels, Luc

Source: Pragmatics & Cognition, Volume 14, Number 2, 2006 , pp. 287-292(6)

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

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Abstract:

The paper discusses recent developments in web technologies based on collaborative tagging. This approach is seen as a tremendously powerful way to coordinate the ontologies and views of a large number of individuals, thus constituting the most successful tool for distributed cognition so far.

Keywords: collaborative tagging; distributed cognition; semiotic dynamics

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/pc.14.2.09ste

Affiliations: 1: Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Sony CSL Paris

Publication date: 2006-01-01