Is their a difference between "Vocabulary Convergence" Tags & "Bibliographical Reference" Tags, when playing w/askville?

This is not a rhetorical question, but rather a question that came to my mind while reading the latest askville blog. As a librarian, I toss around the scholarly question on how does user-oriented tagging help or hurt the search for real answers - that's rhetoric, I believe. And, the difference being, rating by our peers.

What is the answer, in respect to askville? Asked by Believer 59 months ago Similar questions: difference Vocabulary Convergence Tags Bibliographical Reference playing askville Amazon > Askville.

Similar questions: difference Vocabulary Convergence Tags Bibliographical Reference playing askville.

...was my first response to your question , Shirl, as I read it early this morning....I'm not totally sure that I understand what you are asking, and went back to the blog to see if I could figure it out. You asked this 18 hours ago and no one has answered so I must not be the only confused person! I'm still not sure what you are referring to as "bibliographical reference", as far as Askville questions.

I understand the vocabulary convergence from Askville. Do you mean that we should be able to search by the books attached to the answers? But anyway, it all depends on how you find the questions that you want to answer here.

If you just go down the list on the start page, the tags don't make any difference. But if you click on the categories, it does, as the ones with improper tags or tags in small, unusual categories might not be searched out. Plus, our points are spread out so thin in a multitude of categories!

We can add categories to make them more appropriately categorized, but can't get points in the added categories so I'm not sure I will bother to add them. I really don't think new people who select improper categories are even going to notice an addition to their chosen topics. They could at least chose a new color for added topics so users realize that they are "non-point" categories.

Sorry, I'm ranting about the system...not your question! LOL! I hope I have at least hit a bit on your question, rather than just danced around it!

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": I think you are a smart cookie - here's a reference to a library reference: Source: abstracting and indexing (A&I) A category of database that provides bibliographic citations and abstracts of the literature of a discipline or subject area, as distinct from a retrieval service that provides information sources in full-text. However, from the same source, look at how the look and feel is the same, except there is an explanation or bibliographic reference/citation that connects the tags. Very similar and may be helpful when answering topics that match - this is an example of a dictionary - which users could help create in Askville, I believe.

Here's the source - please take a look at it and let me know if you see the opportunity to narrow down our fields, and apply the concept to "vocabulary convergence" tags (which are certainly present and linked by library abstract and indexing which help create the architecture for subject matter in cataloging rules found in AACR, which truthfully, is seen as prejudiced against certain groups and verbal usage. Askville is different, because the vocabulary tags are presented by the users - not the so-called experts, however, the architecture remains an issue.So, I could refine the question (and, you are not the only one confused on answering) to ask, Should expert users define vocabulary connections to subject matter to narrow down the topics, or should it be assessed on sheer numbers and catagories converged, based on all users? Does this make more sense?

I'm still questioning! Shirl .

": I think you are a smart cookie - here's a reference to a library reference: Source: abstracting and indexing (A&I) A category of database that provides bibliographic citations and abstracts of the literature of a discipline or subject area, as distinct from a retrieval service that provides information sources in full-text. However, from the same source, look at how the look and feel is the same, except there is an explanation or bibliographic reference/citation that connects the tags. Very similar and may be helpful when answering topics that match - this is an example of a dictionary - which users could help create in Askville, I believe.

Here's the source - please take a look at it and let me know if you see the opportunity to narrow down our fields, and apply the concept to "vocabulary convergence" tags (which are certainly present and linked by library abstract and indexing which help create the architecture for subject matter in cataloging rules found in AACR, which truthfully, is seen as prejudiced against certain groups and verbal usage. Askville is different, because the vocabulary tags are presented by the users - not the so-called experts, however, the architecture remains an issue.So, I could refine the question (and, you are not the only one confused on answering) to ask, Should expert users define vocabulary connections to subject matter to narrow down the topics, or should it be assessed on sheer numbers and catagories converged, based on all users? Does this make more sense?

I'm still questioning!Shirl.

": Color-coding is an interesting idea - another thought that I had was in combining plural words that duplicate or perhaps dilute the search for the right topic...Hmmm. Now, perhaps more Askvillers can respond - thanks for your help for making this question more "user-friendly". Shirl .

": Color-coding is an interesting idea - another thought that I had was in combining plural words that duplicate or perhaps dilute the search for the right topic...Hmmm. Now, perhaps more Askvillers can respond - thanks for your help for making this question more "user-friendly".Shirl.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.