[Web4lib] Keyword (tag cloud) view of subject pages

[Jonathan Gorman]

Hmmm....

Well, the point of a tag cloud is a way of showing words or concepts that have a large weight.  This tag cloud in theory represents how many "subject guides" related to a keyword you have, correct?  How about "browse subjects guide by the words in the title" or something, then on the page have a little blurb explaining that the more word occurs within the title the of subject guides, the larger it is?

What would make this a little simpler to link to is if you could select various ways of seeing the list of subject guides.  That way all links could go to "browse subject guides".  Then perhaps a drop down box or something could say "by frequncy of word in title".  The page with the tag cloud could show the tag cloud with an explanation of what it was.  Of course, if the tag cloud is the only to browse the words

Just musing, not sure if I've been of any help. Naming can be tricky.  And often I find the trick isn't trying to come up with a name, but rather figuring out why it's tricky to come up with a name?  Is the thing hard to describe?  Is it not actually what it's supposed to be?



Jon Gorman

---- Original message ----
>Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:25:43 -0600
>From: "Peter Schoenberg" <PSchoenberg at EPL.CA>  
>Subject: [Web4lib] Keyword (tag cloud) view of subject pages  
>To: <web4lib at webjunction.org>
>
>We have put up a "tag cloud" based on words in the titles of all of our Subject Pages on the Edmonton Public Library site. 
>
>Really not sure what to call the page or what words to use in the link text.    I think tag cloud is hardly a common phrase among our users.
>
>You can find the Browse Subjects by Title link on the home page or go directly to the page using the following link.
>
>	http://www.epl.ca/EPLCloudNine.cfm?all=yes
>
>Subject pages include booklists, pathfinders for kids, and all the normal subject pages you would expect.
>
>Any and all comments are appreciated as we determine the fate of the page and how else we might use the technique.   
>
>Peter
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