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Bruce Sterling est un auteurs de science-fiction qui, comme William Gibson, son camarade cyberpunk, a imaginé dans les année 90 un futur proche qui ressemble fortement à notre présent (voir notamment "Les mailles du réseau").
Dans cet article de Wired il revient sur le concept de "folksonomies". Extraits:
A folksonomy (...) arises spontaneously as Net users encounter information, think about what it means, and tag it with descriptive words. Then software makes the information accessible via a simple keyword search. The results aren't definitive or scientific, but they can be very useful.
Folksonomy emerges from a combination of two inventions: (1) machines that can automate at least some of what it takes to classify information and (b) social software that makes users willing to do at least some of the work for nothing. You'll notice that 1 and b... |
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