Improving the navigability of tagging systems with hierarchically constructed resource lists: A comparative study

Author

Trattner, Christoph

Author_Institution

Knowledge Manage. Inst., Graz Univ. of Technol., Graz, Austria

fYear

2011

fDate

27-30 June 2011

Firstpage

173

Lastpage

178

Abstract

This paper presents the first practical results of a novel resource list generation algorithm based on a hierarchical network model which demonstrably improves the navigability of tagging systems. In particular, the results of a formal experiment show that the new algorithm is able to create tag networks which are significantly more navigable than the one generated by the currently most widely used resource list generation - the reverse chronological sorting resource list generation algorithm.

Keywords

Internet; information resources; information retrieval systems; formal experiment; hierarchical network model; hierarchically constructed resource lists; navigability; resource list generation algorithm; reverse chronological sorting resource list generation algorithm; tag networks; tagging systems; Atmospheric measurements; Encyclopedias; Navigation; Sorting; Tag clouds; Taxonomy; Tagging systems; navigation; resource list algorithms; tags;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Technology Interfaces (ITI), Proceedings of the ITI 2011 33rd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Dubrovnik

ISSN

1330-1012

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-897-6

Electronic_ISBN

1330-1012

Type

conf

Filename

5974016