Tag management
Tag management is the ability to manage user-generated tags within collaborative software. Tag management features and processes are put in place to encourage cross-user consistency, navigation efficiency and compliance with an existing taxonomy.
Tag management a priori
The tags that users will be able to use can be controlled up-hill by- Faceted classification, categorizing tags in facets Predefining tags, authority lists of tags can be created and suggested to usersRestricting tag creation, allow users to create or not new tags other than predefined tagsMandatory facets, meaning a user must categorize each item with at least a tag from this facetRelating tags, meaning selecting a tag will also display the results of other tags related to it
Tag management a posteriori
Tags can be gardened down-hill by- Renaming tags
- Deleting tags
- Moving tags to correct facets
- Merging tags