Tagging

From TagCommons

Conceptualization Core Concepts Tagging Tagger TagLabel TaggedItem TagSource TagSpace Extensions TagAssertionTime TagRating TagLanguage

Tagging is an assertion by a Tagger that a textual name, called the TagLabel, should be associated with an information item, the TaggedItem.

• Tagging is the assertion by a person that a relationship holds. It is not a model of the world, a dictionary entry, a concept definition, an ontology entry, or any other knowledge representation where the TagLabel denotes the TaggedItem. It follows that if a Tagger says item X should be tagged with label Y, then it means the same thing no matter how many times the tagger says this. In other words, there is no meaning to count identical Tagging assertions (see TagPolarity).

• A Tagger can associate any number of TagLabels with a TaggedItem, and can associate any number of TaggedItems with a Taglabel. Similarly, any number of Taggers can tag an item or use a label. In other words, tagging is a three-place relationship, which, if broken down into two-place relations, is many-to-many among its three constituents.