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A folksonomy is an Internet-based information retrieval methodology consisting of collaboratively generated, open-ended labels (or tags) that categorize content. This contrasts with a Taxonomy (from Greek verb tassein = “to classify” and nomos = law, science, cf “economy”) where often the classification is hierarchical and unique.
