[TagCommons-WG] mechanisms for sharing tag data

[Thomas Vander Wal]

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On 3/4/07 1:58 AM, "Nitin Borwankar" <nitin at borwankar.com> wrote:

> Nitin Borwankar wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Tom,
>> 
>> Could we have a blog post inviting candidate schemas/datamodels and people
>> can provide links in the comments if they want to submit something to be
>> considered.
>> Please keep in mind that we will need to consider schemas that are not
>> focused on one particular type such as bookmarks.
>> The semantics of types have a nasty way of slipping into the design
>> under the radar.  Or at least if we consider such type focused schemas
>> we need to do the work to vet them for hidden limitations.
>>  
>> 
> 
> Ok, so to clarify my statement about types, I am looking at tag
> applications that may not be web applications.
> In my mind tags are associated directly with a data item whose address
> may just be an integer id in a relational database.
> An example of an app that is useful but not a web app would be a rich
> client email app that has GMail like personal tags.  No notion of URL is
> applicable and yet we need to be able to discuss and use whatever tag
> formalisms we devise here.

I have this issue on my Mac as I use iTags for the Apple mail.app.  While it
does not have a URL it does have a digital address for where that single
e-mail lives.  Part of this address is the machine it is on.

I use Yojimbo to drop digital objects into and can tag them.  I also use
tagging in MacOSX Spotlight comments. Similar tools are available in Vista.
The ability to tag all items that have a digital presence is important and
needs to be considered and addressed.

> If we are assuming that we are operating only in a web accessible
> environment then that should be made explicit with the recognition that
> we consciously exclude rich client applications as well hand held
> applications with primitive non-web UI's such as attaching tags to
> photos taken with simple mobile phones ( not web enabled smart phones ) etc.

The web is just one platform for tagging.  We are quickly seeing tagging
(human and/or machine) happening on all devices in all variety of
application (web is one of many application platforms).

All the best,
Thomas

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