http://digitaldigs.disqus.com/enFri, 01 Jul 2005 00:23:30 -0000http://alex-reid.net/2005/05/unfolding_ontol.html#comment-1864188562<p>I agree that the current ideas that most people have about ontologies are far too rigid to be of use. What we really need, instead, is for a more agile, dynamic system whereby folkonomies (for lack of a better term) can be developed.<br>These would need to be community monitored and pruned, otherwise we end up with the same problem we had with the current version of the internet concerning metatags. People were allowed (and at one time encouraged) to use metatags to describe the content of their pages. For a brief while, search engines relied on this data.<br>Then it was realized that it was in the best interest of posters to abuse the system. In the best of cases, the metatags were stale or out of scope. In the worst of cases they were outright prevarications (i.e. - using the tag "ford motor parts" on a porno site to generate more traffic).<br>Chuck</p>Chuck TurnitsaFri, 01 Jul 2005 00:23:30 -0000http://alex-reid.net/2005/05/unfolding_ontol.html#comment-1864188561<p><strong>on Ontology, Tagging, Seach, &amp;#038 Commerce</strong></p><p>The best and most relevant (to me) web dissertation I&amp;#8217ve ever read was Clay Shirky&amp;#8217s Ontology is Overated. I do not hope to come even close to the clarity and relevance of that manifesto, but I hope to add to the discussion with a narrower...</p>The Hitchhiker's Guide to 650Thu, 30 Jun 2005 20:20:04 -0000