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The Need For A Tagging Standard

Posted by Hemos on from the tagging-joy dept.

John Carmichael writes "Tags are everywhere now. Not just blogs, but famous news sites, corporate press bulletins, forums, and even Slashdot. That's why it's such a shame that they're rendered almost entirely useless by the lack of a tagging standard with which tags from various sites and tag aggregators like Technorati and Del.icio.us can compare and relate tags to one another. Depending on where you go and who you ask, tags are implemented differently, and even defined in their own unique way. Even more importantly, tags were meant to be universal and compatible: a medium of sharing and conveying info across the blogosphere — the very embodiment of a semantic web. Unfortunately, they're not. Far from it, tags create more discord and confusion than they do minimize it. I have to say, it would be nice to just learn one way of tagging content and using it everywhere.""

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  1. The other option by T-Ranger · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is not to tag everything like 13 year old cheerleaders.

    1. Re:The other option by archen · · Score: 4, Funny

      omg.ponies

  2. I Completely Agree... by setirw · · Score: 5, Funny

    Which is why I tagged this article with "njkewjdkewd."

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    1. Re:I Completely Agree... by KincaidKMF · · Score: 5, Funny

      How random... I was looking through tagged articles for more information about the "New Journal for Keeping Every Word a Just and Defined Kooky Emphasis While Describing" and popped over here. And all this time I thought tags were working.

  3. Re:One Key Point by Qzukk · · Score: 4, Funny

    Obviously we have to find the lowest common denominator between all the different tagging systems.

    I propose that we standardize the following tags:
    thissux
    omgthisrox
    That should cover 100% of the content in a manner that everyone can relate to.

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  4. tagging by AcidLacedPenguiN · · Score: 4, Funny

    and here I thought the standard for tagging was for the first person to agree or disagree with the headline, then the next has to immediately disagree with the first person. 5 minutes down the line if no one has added another tag, the third must disgree with BOTH the first and the second poster. Finally, a serious slashdotter will show up to add a relevant tag, followed by the oh so frequent itsatrap and slownewsday tags.

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  5. Re:I'm fired, aren't I? by Frnknstn · · Score: 5, Funny

    "buzzword" is a term used by cynical people trying to sound important.

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  6. Re:Don't agree by ArsonSmith · · Score: 5, Funny
    You forgot to close them all

    </yes>
    </no>
    </maybe>
    </haha>
    </evil>
    </spam>
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  7. Re:Don't agree by ravenlock · · Score: 4, Funny

    You closed them in the wrong order, so I guess the rest of the conversation is no longer valid. :)