Comments on: Tagging, ontology, and structured information http://configures.sarahelkins.org/2007/10/24/tagging-ontology-and-structured-information/ Figure it out ... with me! Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:49:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: ConFigures » Blog Archive » Fielded wikis and LibraryThing, a year and a half later http://configures.sarahelkins.org/2007/10/24/tagging-ontology-and-structured-information/comment-page-1/#comment-64978 ConFigures » Blog Archive » Fielded wikis and LibraryThing, a year and a half later Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:25:39 +0000 http://configures.sarahelkins.org/?p=57#comment-64978 [...] I’ve had some experience working with fielded wikis since I wrote disgruntledly about LibraryThing’s implementation of them in October 2007.  I knew at the time of their potential for being able to extract info for other purposes, but I had come into using wikis with a great appreciation for the way they fostered the organic organization of information, and fielded wikis go against that organic growth to a degree.   My thanks again to LT’s Tim Spalding for his response, which got me thinking beyond my initial reaction.  I had followed up later that month with this acknowledgement: I can see why an organization might wish to encourage certain kinds of contributions through structured fields and other input mechanisms. — Tagging, Ontology, and Structured Information [...] [...] I’ve had some experience working with fielded wikis since I wrote disgruntledly about LibraryThing’s implementation of them in October 2007.  I knew at the time of their potential for being able to extract info for other purposes, but I had come into using wikis with a great appreciation for the way they fostered the organic organization of information, and fielded wikis go against that organic growth to a degree.   My thanks again to LT’s Tim Spalding for his response, which got me thinking beyond my initial reaction.  I had followed up later that month with this acknowledgement: I can see why an organization might wish to encourage certain kinds of contributions through structured fields and other input mechanisms. — Tagging, Ontology, and Structured Information [...]

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