An overriding aspect that is being lost in this conversation is the "quest for perfection" when it comes to search, retrieval, and browsy. Algorithmic clustering will never be as exact as strict controlled vocabulary classifications. It is fuzzier and messier. The latter systems have problems of their own of course. The real payoff comes in the larger base of available material because the data isn't behind a gatekeeper.
Of course Joshua and others will probably keep striving to make the algorithms smarter and better, but there will always be fuzziness there and that's perfectly OK with me. There's an obvious logical dissonance underneath tagging systems that must be recognized for what it is (intractable). c _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.del.icio.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
