Taxonomies vs. Folksonomies

Dewey vs. Clouds

Periodic Table

What to do? What to do?

Dewey Decimal System

The Cloud…

Taxonomy Dewey Periodic Table

Folksonomy Tags

Taxonomy Folksonomy

Brittle Flexible

Accurate (if done well) Less reliable

Compliance must be forced Rewards but doesn’t force compliance

Hard to add to Easy to add to

Centrally controlled Democratically controlled

Predictable Organic

The End