| Main Entry: | folksonomy |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a type of classification system for online content, created by an individual user who tags information with freely chosen keywords; also, the cooperation of a group of people to create such a classification system |
| Example: | The tagging or folksonomy models now in place seem to completely ignore the issue of hierarchy. |
| Etymology: | 2005; folk + taxonomy |