ENTRIES TAGGED "tags"
Taxonomies and Starting With XML
This is an excerpt from a blog post I wrote last week on taxonomies and chunking. Last October, the StartWithXML team wrote a post called "To Chunk or Not To Chunk," where we discussed tagging and infrastructure issues, and a discussion ensued about what happens when you don't know what you'll be using chunks for. How do you tag those?…
Tagging the Real World through Barcode Apps
Mobile phones with barcode apps bring digital tools into real-world curation.
Standardizing Tags in the Metadata Minefield
One issue we haven't discussed much is that of metadata. XML documents are by definition rife with metadata. At what point does metadata cross the line from useful to pollution? When it's not standardized. The kind of XML tagging we're primarily talking about can be sectioned into three buckets: rights data ("this picture is good for print products but not…