Comments on: Tell us what our content is about http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/01/16/tell-us-what-our-content-is-about/ by Jeff Jarvis Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:20:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: lucasjosh.com » Blog Archive » Links for 1/30/08 [my NetNewsWire tabs] http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/01/16/tell-us-what-our-content-is-about/#comment-367922 lucasjosh.com » Blog Archive » Links for 1/30/08 [my NetNewsWire tabs] Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:12:08 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/01/16/tell-us-what-our-content-is-about/#comment-367922 [...] BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Tell us what our content is about [...] [...] BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Tell us what our content is about [...]

]]> By: Make Them Accountable / Media http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/01/16/tell-us-what-our-content-is-about/#comment-367089 Make Them Accountable / Media Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:43:15 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/01/16/tell-us-what-our-content-is-about/#comment-367089 [...] Tell us what our content is about (by Jeff Jarvis) I’m excited by the Flickr Commons project with its first effort, asking us to tag and identify Library of Congress photos and find the gems in the mine… The beauty of opening up archives is that the people will, indeed, tell you what your content is about and find those diamonds. In the long run, the archives will become more valuable than if they are locked behind a toll booth. [...] [...] Tell us what our content is about (by Jeff Jarvis) I’m excited by the Flickr Commons project with its first effort, asking us to tag and identify Library of Congress photos and find the gems in the mine… The beauty of opening up archives is that the people will, indeed, tell you what your content is about and find those diamonds. In the long run, the archives will become more valuable than if they are locked behind a toll booth. [...]

]]> By: robertdfeinman http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/01/16/tell-us-what-our-content-is-about/#comment-367084 robertdfeinman Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:18:29 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/01/16/tell-us-what-our-content-is-about/#comment-367084 Doing some indexing is obviously better than not indexing, but the results will probably be inferior. There are several problems. If one uses an uncontrolled vocabulary then there are issues with synonyms. If one uses a controlled vocabulary then there are issues of concepts not anticipated in the list. The biggest problem is that what is of interest to one person may not be the factor of interest to another. For example, suppose a researcher was trying to track 7-Up advertising, would anyone have identified the 7-Up placard in the image above as worth noting? Doing some indexing is obviously better than not indexing, but the results will probably be inferior.

There are several problems. If one uses an uncontrolled vocabulary then there are issues with synonyms. If one uses a controlled vocabulary then there are issues of concepts not anticipated in the list.

The biggest problem is that what is of interest to one person may not be the factor of interest to another. For example, suppose a researcher was trying to track 7-Up advertising, would anyone have identified the 7-Up placard in the image above as worth noting?

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