Monday, 5 July 2010

Tagging

Walrus, Poolepynten (Polar Adventurer, 2010)

How would you tag this image?  Would it be: Walrus, Poolepynten, Prins Karls Forland, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, northern marine mammals, Arctic wildlife, tusks, beach, or would you simply date it?  Obviously it depends on the level of your knowledge, interest and purpose.  

I found the essay by Clay Shirky, 'Ontology is Overrated' to be thought-provoking, and will take more interest in tags assigned to digital content.

1 comment:

  1. If I bookmarked it on Delicious (for whatever reason), I would tag it: walrus, animal, beach, sea, tusk, image.

    Just to answer your question... :)

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