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Investigating the End-User Tagging Behavior and its Implications in Flickr

플리커 이미지 자료에 대한 이용자 태깅 행태 분석과 활용 방안

  • Kim, Hyun-Hee (Dept. of Library & Information Science, Myongji University) ;
  • Kim, Min-Kyung (Dept. of Library & Information Science, Myongji University)
  • 김현희 (명지대학교 문헌정보학과) ;
  • 김민경 (명지대학교 대학원 문헌정보학과)
  • Published : 2009.06.30
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Abstract

Indexing images using traditional indexing methods like taxonomy is not always efficient because of its visual content. This study examined how to apply folksonomies to image retrieval. To do this, first, we developed a category model for image tags found in Flickr. The model includes five categories and seventeen subcategories. Second, in order to evaluate the usefulness of the model to represent the various image tags as well as to investigate the end-user tagging behavior, three researchers classified the sampled image tags(141 most popular tags, 105 tags on three individual tag clouds and 3,848 image tags assigned on 156 images) according to the model. Finally, based on the research results, we proposed three methods for efficient image retrieval: extending folksonomies by combining them with ontologies; improving image retrieval efficiency using visual content and folksonomies; and updating taxonomy using folksonomies.

이미지는 비주얼 특성과 다의적 해석 때문에 색인 전문가가 구성한 텍사노미와 같은 전통적인 메타데이터만으로는 효율적인 검색을 기대하기 어려운 경우가 있다. 본 연구는 폭소노미를 이미지 검색에 활용하기 위해서, 폭소노미를 분석하기 위한 5개의 카테고리와 17개의 서브 카테고리로 구성된 태그카테고리 모형을 설계하였다. 설계된 모형을 플리커 이미지 자료인 141개 인기태그들, 3개의 개인 태그 구름들에 있는 105개 태그들 및 156개 개별적인 이미지들에 부여된 3,848개 태그들에 적용하여 이용자 태깅 행태를 분석하였다. 끝으로, 이러한 분석 결과에 기초하여 이미지 자료의 검색 효율성을 높이는 세 가지 방안, 즉, 온톨로지에 기반한 폭소노미 확장법, 폭소노미와 내용 기반 이미지 검색을 결합한 검색 효율성 개선법 및 폭소노미에 기반한 텍사노미 확장법을 제안하였다.

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