What Does Folksonomy Mean?

Folksonomy is the process of using digital content tags for categorization or annotation. It allows users to classify websites, pictures, documents and other forms of data so that content may be easily categorized and located by users.

Folksonomy is also known as social tagging, collaborative tagging, social classification and social bookmarking.

Techopedia Explains Folksonomy

  • Location/URL/content shortcut
  • Category/type/class
  • Author/owner