[Tagdb] Tag Planet?

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Hi Nitin,

--- Nitin Borwankar <nitin at borwankar.com> wrote:

> 
> Otis,
> 
> Thanks for the update on Simpy - I asked a similar question so I'll
> save you "the parrot ...".
> Given this info about Simpy's capabilities my preference would be to
> go with Simpy rather than del.

Thank you!  The del way would require people to log out/in of accounts,
which isn't something that anyone wants to spend their time on. 
Retyping those usernames and passwords... ugh.

> I'll let others chip in and we should come to a consensus shortly as 
> this is a badly needed service.
> I agree that polluting the tag space is not the best way to go.
> So do you want to show us how it's done, set up a group, etc.?

It would be my pleasure, but since Philipp is the Idea Man, I don't
want to steal his thunder.

I suggest that Philipp creates a Group on Simpy and invites anyone
interested in participating.

Those interested in participating in this could email the list or me or
Philipp, and will get an invitation.

Groups have no feed right now, but if that is what people need, I'm all
ears and can make the feed happen pretty easily and quickly.

> In other news, I bought a copy of your (and Erik's) excellent Lucene 
> book .....
> Good stuff.

Mmmm, thank you!  I hope you like it.  Make use of lucenebook.com - I
use it a lot myself, actually - it's a much faster way of finding the
right page and secton than the book index at the back of the book.

Otis


> ogjunk-tagdb at yahoo.com wrote:
> 
> >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/
> >>    
> >>
> >
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