Please do try and tag in languages other than English! The tagger software is language agnostic; it will accept terms in any language.
We're also very interested in exploring the implications of foreign-language terms in the tag set. Indeed, some hope that tagging might be a way to provide alternative language access to collections. best, jennifer At 2:17 PM +0200 7/17/07, Else Laura Rademaker wrote: >Hi Jennifer, > >A question before I will try tagging the objects of art: >What happens when one starts tagging in Dutch or an other foreign >language? > > >Else Laura Rademaker >else.rademaker at den.nl >Digitaal Erfgoed Nederland (DEN) >Prins Willem-Alexanderhof 5 >Postbus 90407 >2509 LK Den Haag, the Netherlands >T. + 31 (0)70 314 0762 >www.den.nl >www.digitaalallemaal.nl > > >-----Original Message----- >From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of >J. Trant >Sent: donderdag 12 juli 2007 16:02 >To: mcn-l at mcn.edu >Subject: [MCN-L] [steve.discuss] second phase of steve tagging >experimentdeployed > >Hi all, > >we've just deployed the second phase of the steve.museum tagging >experiment. at http://tagger.steve.museum > >the steve tagger (a piece of open-source software) is a key tool in >our IMLS-funded study of the contribution social tagging and >folksonomy can make to on-line access to art collections. throughout >our experiement we'll be varying the interface of the tagger to find >out what encourages tagging, and we'll also be studying the results >of tags, to see if they are: > > - real words (we're using word net) > - terms from our discipline (we're using the AAT and ULAN) > - new to the museum (we're comparing to museum documentation) > - appropriate to the work of art (we're doing term-by-term >review). > >we're looking forward to sharing the results of our study with the >community. If you'd like to participate, please come by. [it's ok if >you don't work in an art museum -- and ok if you do!] > > Go to http://tagger.steve.museum > - create an account [this is important for our research] > - Tag Art! >Thanks. > >jennifer > >-- >__________ >J. Trant jtrant at archimuse.com >Partner & Principal Consultant phone: +1 416 691 2516 >Archives & Museum Informatics fax: +1 416 352 6025 >158 Lee Ave, Toronto >Ontario M4E 2P3 Canada http://www.archimuse.com >__________ >_______________________________________________ >You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum >Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > >To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > >To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >_______________________________________________ >You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum >Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > >To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > >To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l -- __________ J. Trant jtrant at archimuse.com Partner & Principal Consultant phone: +1 416 691 2516 Archives & Museum Informatics fax: +1 416 352 6025 158 Lee Ave, Toronto Ontario M4E 2P3 Canada http://www.archimuse.com __________
