Social cataloging application
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A social cataloging application is a web application designed to help users to catalog things--books, CDs, etc--owned or otherwise of interest to them. The phrase refers to two characteristics that generally arise from a multi-user cataloging environment:
- The ability to share catalogs and interact with others based upon shared items;
- The enrichment or improvement of cataloging description through either explicit cooperation in the production of cataloging metadata or through the analysis of implicit data (eg., "People who like X also like Y").
Some of the more notable social cataloging applications include:
- For books: LibraryThing, Shelfari, Goodreads, Anobii
- For music: Discogs, Rate Your Music
- For movies: Flixster
- For scholarly citations: Bibster, CiteULike, Connotea, refbase
- For computer and video games: MobyGames
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Ymdb and Librarything
See ymdb and LibraryThing and other social cataloging applications and services
- A social cataloging application is a service that allows users to catalog items (ie., books, CDs, etc.) owned or otherwise of interest to them. Once cataloged, such applications generally allow users to share their catalogs with others, and interact with others based upon shared items.
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