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	What is tagging?

m_polo

5-19-2008 5:13 PM

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		<P><I><B>(1)</B></I> Commonly used in blogs, site authors attach keyword 
descriptions (called tags) to identify images or text within their site as a 
categories or topic. Web pages and blogs with identical 
tags can then be linked together allowing users to search for similar or related 
content. If the tags are made public, online pages that act as a 
Web-based bookmark service are able to index them. tags can be created using 
words, acronyms or numbers. Tags are also called <I>
tagging, blog tagging, folksonomies</I> (short for folks and taxonomy), or <I>
social bookmarking</I>.</p> <P><I>See also <A href="http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/t/tag.html">tag</A> and <A href="http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/t/tag_cloud.html">tag cloud</A>.</I></p> <P><I><B>(2)</B></I> The act of placing <A href="http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/t/RFID.html">RFID</A> labels bar codes on items is called 
<I>tagging</I>.
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