Social Vs Traditional Classification: It Can Be Both
To suggest that social classification systems will replace formal traditional classification on the web is to imply that there is no place on the web for bodies of professional, scientific, or other specialised knowledge that possess standardised nomenclature critical for mutual understanding.
Conversely, those who would argue that social tagging has no place in highly specialised fields are being short-sighted. Clearly there is a place for both traditional and social classification systems, and indeed hybrids, on the web.
Shirky proposes conditions in which formal classification systems work well and are necessary.
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