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Tagging and User-Contributed Metadata: 

Tagging and User-Contributed Metadata Eileen Fry and Jenn Riley DLP Brown Bag Series October 18, 2006

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puff sleeve anamorphic skull torquetum Flute case Cosmati Pavement A thousand words –everyday and expert green curtain beard moustache pink mosaic

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POSSIBLE SUBJECT SUBFACETS? HISTORY PORTRAITS RELIGION INTERIOR DESIGN POLITICAL SCIENCE ANAMORPHISM PHILOSOPHY MOSAICS MATHMATICS TEXTILES GENDER STUDIES RESTORATION

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TARGET SUBJECT SUBFACETS: HISTORY OF SCIENCE MUSIC & MUSIC IONOGRAPHY COSTUME

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THE DEMISE OF THE TAXONOMIC APPROACH: PRE-COORDINATED STRINGS AUTHORITATIVE LISTS UNNATURAL LANGUAGE del.icio.us CLOUDS BUNDLES Steve.museum

APPROACHES TO FINDING APPROPRIATE TAGS FOR IMAGES: 

APPROACHES TO FINDING APPROPRIATE TAGS FOR IMAGES WEB RESOURCES SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS USER COMMUNITY EXPERTS

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No Costume Terms Link to even More Scientific Terms

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INTERESTING USE OF KEYWORDS, BUT NO COSTUME TERMS

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Lots of scientific terms, but only “fur” for costume or textile, not slashing, carpet, brocade, ruffle, etc.

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Although the Wiki entry on Torquetum mentions the Ambassadors, the entry on the Ambassadors doesn’t mention the Torquetum

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NGA - MERCURY Excellent LC subject indexing, but No Costume Terms

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Terms drawn from the source (a costume slide set) Broad LC Costume terms only No Science or Music terms UCSD - ROGER

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John North is Professor Emeritus of History of Philosophy and the Exact Sciences, University of Groningen, the Netherlands and the author of numerous books including Stonehenge: A New Interpretation of Prehistoric Man and the Cosmos and The Ambassadors' Secret. LONDON.NATIONAL GALLERY. MAKING AND MEANING (It’s rare to have resources like these for a single artwork)

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(NO COSTUME DIAGRAM THOUGH)

SCIENTIFIC TERMS: 

SCIENTIFIC TERMS Celestial globe, Cylindrical or shepherd’s dial, Quadrant, Small dial, Polyhedral sundial, Torquetum, Terrrestrial globe, Arithmetic book, Set-square, dividers, celestial globe, portable sundial, shepherd’s dial, pillar dial universal equinoctial dial, horary quadrant, polyhedral sundial , book of arithmetic, terrestrial globe celestial globe, portable sundial, scientific instruments, book of arithmetic, terrestrial globe, astronomy, arithmetic, Trivium, Quadrivium, time keeping, cylindrical shepherd’s dial, solar clock, latitude, polyhedral sundial, compass, plumbline, gnomon, clocks Diagram LNGL web Making

MUSIC TERMS: 

MUSIC TERMS Lute, case of flutes broken lute string, Lutheran hymn book Lute, flute case, broken string, tenor part book, Johann Walther’s Geistliches Gesangbuchlein Lute, broken lute string, Lute Case, flutes, leather flute case with lock and key, Lutheran Hymnal, Johannes Walther’s Geistlich Gesangbuchli (Holy Hymn-book) 11-stringed lute, octave stringing, lute case, wooden flutes, lockable leather case, Johannes Walther’s Geystliche gesangk Buchleyn, Martin Luther, hymns, ‘Kom Heiliger Geyst Herre Gott’, ‘Veni Sancte Spiritus’ Diagram LNGL web JSTOR Making North

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This resource provides lots of words, but no images - yet…

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SCHOLARLY ARTICLES FOUND USING GOOGLE SCHOLAR AND JSTOR The Scientific Instruments in Holbein's Ambassadors: A Re-Examination Elly Dekker; Kristen Lippincott Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes > Vol. 62 (1999), pp. 93-125 The Case of the Flutes in Holbein's "The Ambassadors" Hans Holbein; Mary Rasmussen Early Music > Vol. 23, No. 1, Flute Issue (Feb., 1995), pp. 114-123 (out of 280 returns) No Comparable scholarly article on the costume

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MODERATE EASY HARD

COSTUME TERMS: 

COSTUME TERMS Puffed sleeves (none) (colors) satin, silk, velvet, lynx, damask, robe, skull hat badge, tassle, chain, doublet, tunic, slashed sleeves, fur-lined, gown, Slashings, satin, shirt, undershirt, blistered effect, knee-length doublet, skirt, short-cut jerkin, velvet, lynx fur (lucern), padded shoulders, doublet, codpiece, cords, sashes, sword, dagger, medallion, silk, garters, bun-toed shoes, fibulas, puffed sleeves, chain, Order of St.Michael, double breasted robe, brocaded velvet, sable lining, neck cloth, gloves, square cap Source LNGL Making North

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Costume Historian’s Terms sherte (shirt), doublet, sleeveless jerkin, bases (pleated skirt), fur lined chamarre, melon sleeves, hanging sleeve, dagger, tassel, chain-of-office, chain-of-order, duck billed shoes, slashing, cuttes, escaffignons, escarpins (eschapin,escolleter), cod piece (groin covering), slops (short breeches), Panes (strips of decorative fabric over the short breeches), hose, garters, bonet (hat), plume, Spanish fashion.

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HOW TO GET FROM THIS TO THIS sherte (shirt), doublet, sleeveless jerkin, bases (pleated skirt), fur lined chamarre, melon sleeves, hanging sleeve, dagger, tassel, chain-of-office, chain-of-order, duck billed shoes, slashing, cuttes, escaffignons, escarpins (eschapin,escolleter), cod piece (groin covering), slops (short breeches), Panes (strips of decorative fabric over the short breeches), hose, garters, bonet (hat), plume, Spanish fashion.

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Flickr's founder, Stewart Butterfield

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ME MY TAGS

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MY GRAD STUDENTS TAGS

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THERE ARE MANY INTERESTING POSSIBILITIES FOR FOLKSONOMIC TAGGING , BUT WHAT FACTORS ARE MOST NECESSARY TO MAKE FACULTY OR OTHER PATRONS WILLING TO DEVOTE THE TIME NECESSARY TO CONTRIBUTE EXPERT TAGGING? Give them something they want in return? Appeal to a constituency? Make it really easy and fun? Get students involved, possibly for credit? Enable tagging as part of discovery and personal space management

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User comments, but only for image owner

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Ratings, but not tagging

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Tag bundles for highly personalized organization

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Tag clouds and options for viewing:

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DOUBLET HOOK & EYES/LOOPS FALLING COLLAR TASSLED STRING CLOSURE SASH BLACK VELVET BERET CHAIN OF OFFICE ELEGANT DISCHEVELMENT BREECHES: SLOPS VENETIANS PANTALOONS SCOOP NECKLINE GYPSY COSTUME BODICE PARTLET MODESTY PANEL SAREE or SARI SLEEVE CAP BLOUSE

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THE SIMPLEST SOLUTION FOR NOW: POWERPOINT A folder of costume-rich images, and “Instant Photo Album” feature create a basic powerpoint with correctly sized images.

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THE SIMPLEST SOLUTION FOR NOW: POWERPOINT This is sent to the professor, who now has ready-to-use costume images. She uses the Notes field to supply specific costume terminology for each particular image

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Partial results of a search on “farthingale”

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WHY IS IT WORTH IT TO SOLICIT THIS EXPERT LOCAL TAGGING?

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FOR “GYPSY COSTUME” GOOGLE GIVES THE STUDENTS:

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WE WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO USE DIDO AND GET:

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WHAT WE NEED IS A COMBINATION OF: STEVE.MUSEUM- MUSEUM IMAGES AND EASE OF USE FLICKR- SOPHISTICATED IMAGING AND TAGGING DEL.ICOU.US- INTEGRATION OF GROUP AND PERSONAL TAGS GOOGLE SCHOLAR- EXPERT WORDS FROM SCHOLARS WIKIPEDIA- COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT AND SCOPE CAMIO & DOA- DISCOVERY VIA “BIG BUCKET” TERMS DIDO- LOCAL INPUT FOR LOCAL RELEVANCY

User participation in metadata creation for digital library systems: 

User participation in metadata creation for digital library systems Purposes of tags Beyond “tags” Everything in moderation Integrating participatory ideas

Purposes of tags: 

Purposes of tags Golder & Huberman classification based on study of del.icio.us tags Identifying what (or who) it is about (overwhelmingly most frequent usage) Identifying what it is Identifying who owns it Refining categories Identifying qualities or characteristics Self reference Task organizing

Beyond “tags”: 

Beyond “tags” Identification Structured metadata Factual information (dates, etc.) Subjective information (subjects, etc.) Ratings, reviews, commentary, etc. Relationships Secondary sources Multiple versions Alignment

Everything in moderation: 

Everything in moderation Use the general idea, not necessarily all the details Opening up metadata creation to users does not necessarily mean a complete loss of control No single approach will be enough on its own Always remember what we’re using this metadata for

Integrating participatory ideas: 

Integrating participatory ideas Who What Incentive Control

Who: 

Who Anybody Those who register .edu addresses IU community Specific roles within IU community Specific designated authorized users

What: 

What Any metadata element Some metadata elements Subjective data Factual data “Extra” data elements Commentary Tagging only, separate from cataloger-created metadata

Incentive: 

Incentive Money Manage personal resources Assistance with needed task Recognition Contribution to the greater good Fun

Control: 

Control Allow all user contributions to appear immediately No formal editorial mechanisms Editors oversee contributions Streamlined approval mechanism Some elements less control, some more User contributions as suggestions to be independently verified by metadata experts

Moving forward (1): 

Moving forward (1) Libraries can’t continue to rely exclusively on in-house cataloging We can achieve our overall goals while allowing new mechanisms along the way Users are one additional source of metadata we must tap We must match appropriate metadata needs to the tasks users are best equipped to perform

Moving forward (2): 

Moving forward (2) Each system may make different choices regarding where user-contributed metadata makes sense Good interfaces for metadata collection will be key We must use the best ideas for user participation, and adapt them for the library environment

What are we doing at IU?: 

What are we doing at IU? Nothing in production yet Variations plans Structured metadata for some fields Synchronizing scores and audio DIDO?

Time for discussion: 

Time for discussion fryp@indiana.edu jenlrile@indiana.edu These presentation slides: <http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/~jenlrile/presentations/bbfall06/tagging/userContributedMetadata.ppt> Handout: <http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/~jenlrile/presentations/bbfall06/tagging/handout.doc>