philosophical foundations of Folksonomy and its Review

this article aims to analyze the underlying philosophical assumptions of Folksonomy and the benefits and problems of using it as a new approach to organizing knowledge. Traditional knowledge organization systems follow the assumptions of positivism philosophy and its function facing challenges in the current web environment. Folksonomy, broadly to say, is based on philosophical relativism and Hermeneutics. This approach allows users to tag and organize Web documents, and despite of opportunities of participation in the web-based collaborative environment for individuals and professionals knowledge, suffers from problems of relativism.