Folksonomy and categories – bottom up/top down – open/closed

How do we federate metadata flows

folksonomy and categories – bottom up/top down – open/closed

Each has advantages and disadvantages.

Can we be creative and bridge this divide

The OMN and indymedia reboot are both grassroots bottom up projects, so we obviously start with a folksonomy.

Recognising the is some use for categories a draft proposal.

We only have 5 functions

Allow instances to put folksonomy items into category groups, these can be added as extra folksonomy tags into the flow.

Allow instances to subscribe to this category groups as a flow (basic tool of OMN)

Build it out of based on trust.