Chapter 3. Tagging System Architecture
The high-level choices you’ll make when architecting your tagging system
</objective> <objective>The users-resources-tags model in detail
</objective> <objective>Architecture of four popular tagging systems
</objective> <objective>Five common problems and how to avoid them
</objective> </feature>The simplicity and flexibility of tagging makes for some complex design decisions. The architecture of your tagging system—the rules that govern the interaction between users, resources, and tags—will have a profound impact on your system’s success.
Yahoo’s now-defunct Podcasts site provides a useful example. Yahoo Podcasts allowed you to tag podcasts—blog-like ...
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