Folksonomy recapitulates Ontology

Tagging will not get widespread use ...

"One doesn’t have to stray far to come across the neologisms “Folksonomy” and “Tagging” on the web these days.

Companies are developing business models on it, hundreds have taken to it with great passion, and it has been hailed as an integral part of web 2.0. Mildly piqued, I tried the services “del.icio.us” which is definitely a fantastic service, in making sense of the burgeoning content on the web.One does not have to spend much time on the service to discover new content or see pages on content you never knew existed.

Here in the following paragraphs I shall try and put forth an argument why the concept of “tagging” will remain the bastion of the early adopters.Though very interesting, it will remain just that and not help us break new ground in bringing order to the web or analyze its content in a more efficient manner."   continued ...   (Via WordWorks)

del.icio.us tags.