[Tagdb] Tag Planet?

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Hello Philipp,

--- Philipp Keller <phred at citrin.ch> wrote:

> Hi there..
> 
> Lately I read an (ahem) very positive remark about my blog:
> "Philipp's
> writings offer what is badly needed in most blogs on
> tagging/"folksonomy"/social software/"Web 2.0" issues: substance."
> [1]

I agree with that (I did read your post about tags from the other day,
but have been to busy to respond properly).

> and I stumbled on an article on 37signals about if we should put
> comas
> or spaces to separate tags (and this article gained quite a bit of
> popularity..), I thought: "don't we have more interesting things to
> talk
> about?"
> 
> I think there's a lack of a point/website/rss-feed where the good
> articles about tagging come together. Tagging has so many facettes
> that
> are so interesting but it's a pity the good articles don't get as
> much
> attention as they'd need. Plus: I don't want to miss the good
> articles
> about tagging. I subscibed to 
> del.icio.us/popular/tagging but it doesn't solve the problem.
> 
> Now, I thought about possible solutions:
> 1) A thing like Planet RDF [3]: A site that consists of posts from a
> few
> blogs that concentrate on tagging. I suppose such sites are pretty
> common..? The downside: bad signal/noise ratio

It's too much information for the busy me, but this is kind of related
- http://planetweb.com/

> 2) A clipping blog that is mostly fed with quotes from good articles
> and
> small reviews about good tagging articles, sort of "why should you
> read that article"

That's what Simpy Groups are very good for - 1) bookmark the link, 2)
tag it, 3) add the "why should I read that article"

> 3) A common tag in del.icio.us or simpy (let's support the list
> contributors) like for:lists.tagschema.

I don't like "for:" business.  It polutes the "tag space".  Again, this
is what Simpy's Groups are very good for.  Save a link, tag it, check N
Groups that you want to share it with, and tags remain nice and clean.

> I think it would be important to have a shared knowledgebase. Not
> just a
> single person thing, that's why I address this here on this list.

I don't want to sound like a parrot, but... :)

> On the
> other hand I don't want to have the "tag kids" posting. I don't want
> to be informed about the 1354th tagging-site's opening.

Me neither.  Parrot reference again....

> I like option 2) the best but option 3) would be the easiest one..
> 
> Do you have any suggestions?

I haven't read others' replies, but I can certainly recommend Simpy
Groups for this type of work.  That is what they were designed for -
collaborative bookmarking, research, etc.  I have a few groups, some I
share with several people who are into Social Bookmarking, and I even
have one I share with my wife for some stuff that's important to us. :)

Groups support collaborative bookmarking+tagging, and it sounds like I
should add some Wiki/Notes/Messaging features.... yes/no?  Would that
work for you here?

Otis

> 
> greets
> Philipp Keller
> 
> [1] http://www.hebig.org/blogs/archives/main/002103.php
> [2]
>
http://37signals.com/svn/archives2/tag_formats_cant_we_all_just_get_along.php
> [3] http://planetrdf.com/