Chapter 4. Tags, Metadata, and Classification Systems
How tags function as metadata
</objective> <objective>How to mix tags with controlled vocabularies, taxonomies, and facets
</objective> <objective>Four features of folksonomies
</objective> <objective>Different philosophies on tags as part of a metadata ecosystem
</objective> </feature>You’ll be relieved to know that if you’re fatally bitten by a Gila monster while line dancing at a Six Flags, the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Diseases (ICD) has a code reserved for just such an event. It’s X20.81, and it breaks down like this:
External causes of morbidity and mortality (V01–Y98)
Accidents (V01–X59) ...
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