[Sigia-l] Research papers on tagging

[Stephen Collins]

First, sorry for the cross-post.

On another list, I'm having a discussion with an unbeliever  
(ooooohhh!) about the value of tagging. His argument is that given  
everything is searchable, everything automatically becomes a tag he  
can use and tagging is therefore, noise.

I've raised several arguments with him:

- user-defined meaning adding value to formal meaning
- emergent context and meaning
- the spurious nature of the every word becomes a tag position based  
on my position that to do so simply creates confusion rather than  
meaning

I've also pointed him at things such as http://steve.museum/, David  
Weinberger's "Everything is Miscellaneous" and Thomas' work. He  
remains unconvinced.

Can anyone point me at some research that shows the value of tagging?  
I know I can search for it, but I also know the brains trust here will  
have their fingers on stuff that will be better or more valuable in  
other ways.

TIA.

Steve
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