Ontology is Overrated: Categories, Links, and Tags

Posted May 31st, 2005 by Peter Schilling, Amherst College

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It seems that, at some point in the life of any project, one must think about how others will learn about the amazing work you've just done. This usually leads to keywords, descriptions, and getting into Merlot and such listings. This piece by Clay Shirky takes a look at cataloging in the time of Google searching, and arrives at a different approach.

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Peter Schilling. "Ontology is Overrated: Categories, Links, and Tags." Academic Commons Issue Name (Spring 2008): 21 May 2012. <http://www.academiccommons.org/>.

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