Identify right statements about Folksonomies.

A. Folksonomy is a sub concept of social taxonomy.

B. Folksonomies are form of reader advisory service that is easy to use.

C. Folksonomy tagging and ranking have the same precision of professional cataloguing.

D. Folksonomies are being used with Social Media platforms of such as Flicker, Pinterest etc.

E. Folksonomies are a form of reader advisory service for classifier and classificationist both.

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

The Correct answer is B and D only.

Key Points

• Folksonomies are a form of reader advisory service that is easy to use.
  • This is true as folksonomies are user-generated tags that provide an easy way for individuals to categorize and find content.
• Folksonomies are being used with Social Media platforms such as Flickr, Pinterest, etc.
  • ​This is true as platforms like Flickr and Pinterest use folksonomies, where users tag content with keywords.
• Folksonomy is a sub-concept of social taxonomy.
  • This is incorrect. Folksonomy is not a sub-concept of social taxonomy; it is a user-generated system of classification.
• Folksonomy tagging and ranking have the same precision as professional cataloging.
  • ​This is incorrect. Folksonomies are less precise than professional cataloging, as they rely on user-generated content which can vary in quality.
• Folksonomies are a form of reader advisory service for classifier and classificationist both.
  • This is incorrect because folksonomies are primarily user-generated systems and not specifically designed for professional classifiers or classificationists.

Additional Information

• Folksonomy is a user-generated classification system where end users apply public tags to online items, making them more easily retrievable.
• Coined by Thomas Vander Wal in 2004, folksonomy is also known as collaborative tagging, social classification, social indexing, and social tagging.
• Social tagging involves applying tags in an open online environment where users can access each other's tags.
• Collaborative tagging, or group tagging, is performed by a group of users.
• Fundamentally, folksonomies consist of three elements:
  • users,
  • tags, and
  • resources.
• Vander Wal distinguishes between two types of folksonomies: broad and narrow.