Informative Tagging of Images: The Importance of Modality in Interpretation

摘要: The issue of image retrieval has in many ways become more interesting relation to Web 2.0 applications. User-based indexing and folksonomies have emerged as grassroots approaches the challenge distributed practice on Web. At heart debate about social are issues relating meaning interpretation. term ―tagging‖ is widely used for assigning terms information objects user-driven websites, although a cursory examination such websites suggests that communicative functions undertaken by taggers not always driven concerns inter-subjective information. Even where intention assign informative tags, there an relationship between modality object its subsequent interpretation historical time. This paper tests model using four test images which interpreted tagged group distance learner students at Department Information Studies, Aberystwyth University, results described implications discussed. Overall this limited exercise might be some use categorising within IR system. also leaving annotating tagging users themselves could lead loss over Finally, developing tool genre intertextual nature multimedia construction rich, knowledge based