Tagging, folksonomy and art museums: Early experiments and ongoing research

Journal of Digital Information

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Trant, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Art museums; Folksonomy; Research agenda; Tagging; User generated content; Vocabulary analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449183542     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13687506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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