Since Bruce Sterling in The Internet of Things encourages new words..
folkstaxonomy = folks + taxonomy OR hierarchy + folksonomy
Why did everyone forget the hierarchy when implementing folksonomy!
I think they can and should co-exist !
Visit Namaste Netizen for an implementation
Reference
- Folksonomy: social classification : ..And, of course, there’s no hierarchy and the content types (bookmarks, photos) are fairly simple..
- Understanding Folksonomy: Tagging that Works
- Wikipedia: Taxonomy : ..Taxonomies, which are composed of taxonomic units known as taxa (singular taxon), are frequently hierarchical in structure, commonly displaying parent-child relationships..
- Semantic Studios: Authority : ..For those of us who value a taste of hierarchy along with our hypertext, things were beginning to look a bit dicey..
- Adam Mathes: Folksonomies – Cooperative Classification and Communication Through Shared Metadata
- Tim O’Reilly in What Is Web 2.0 lists directories (taxonomy) as a web 1.0 attribute and tagging (“folksonomy”) as 2.0