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Examples:
  • incorrectly spelled tag (''wihte'' instead of ''white'')

  • tags which are unrelated (''dog'' on a Content Object featuring only a cat)

  • On systems open to large user groups, tags which are understood by a minority of users.


Meta noise can be reduced by combining a Folksonomy with a Controlled Vocabulary to form a Schema made robust by Democratic Process , resulting in a Collabulary .


HIDDEN BENEFIT


Although the existence of meta noise may initially appear to detract from the value of metadata generally, ''meta noise'' allows less popular tags to be defined and used by a minority of users without damaging the validity or cohesion of what the majority of users would consider to be the most relevant or accurate metadata, thus actually increasing access to content.


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