The semantics of collaborative tagging system

Abstract

In this paper, we adopt a system-oriented approach to the collaborative tagging and define it as a set of interactions in the system of Web resources. First, the system of Web resources is modeled as a set of interacting agents and collaborative tagging is represented as concurrent initiation of interactions between agents in the system. Also, we define concept of knowledge for individual agents. Later we use concepts of interaction and knowledge to give definition of a Link. Then, for a given Universal Set of Resources, we introduce Tag Cloud System (TCS) and definition of (possibly fuzzy) collections of resources. Finally, we introduce concept of Class, based on projection of collections of resources in the TCS, to lay down some of the groundwork towards TCS-based type system.