I don't know if I agree with that. The problems of ontologies described in the article are still around today.
Regardless, I thought it was an interesting read, and it put to words things I've observed but couldn't communicate.
Though I have to wonder, if tagging isn't in fact already becoming a dominant strategy for associations? Hashtags and web page sharing on social media posts are both technically and practically tagging systems with wide adoption in what now consititute the majority of the web for many people. There are of course hard categories within these systems, but those are more like a subset of the wider association graph model, not the whole thing.
[+] [-] asplake|4 years ago|reply
I remember enjoying this piece first time round. Not sure how well it has aged though. Tagging seems nowhere near as exciting as it did 16 years ago.
[+] [-] undreren|4 years ago|reply
Regardless, I thought it was an interesting read, and it put to words things I've observed but couldn't communicate.
Though I have to wonder, if tagging isn't in fact already becoming a dominant strategy for associations? Hashtags and web page sharing on social media posts are both technically and practically tagging systems with wide adoption in what now consititute the majority of the web for many people. There are of course hard categories within these systems, but those are more like a subset of the wider association graph model, not the whole thing.