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  * [[https://www.linuxfoundation.org/#Which_tags_do_we_allow.3F|1 Which tags do we allow?]]
    * [[https://www.linuxfoundation.org/#Just_everything|1.1 Just everything]]
    * [[https://www.linuxfoundation.org/#Another_approach|1.2 Another approach]]
      * [[https://www.linuxfoundation.org/#List_of_possible_Software_Thesauri|1.2.1 List of possible Software Thesauri]]

======  Which tags do we allow? ======
=====  Just everything =====

This is what everybody does right now. Just every combination of letters will be valid as a single tag.

Problems:

  *  Different people might understand different things under the same terms, but maybe this is irrelevant if you search for more than a single word?
  *  SPAM ..
=====  Another approach =====

Allowing only words that are title of a Wikipedia-Site, or at least use wikipedia as follows to improve the quality of tags automatically:

This could solve some problems:

  *  SPAM
  *  Words that are acronyms with several meanings could be solved via the information that is contained within wikipedia already. (e.g.: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRM|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRM]]) The tagging-interface then could automatically provide a list to the user and allow to choose one of those meanings (by replacing the tag with the correct wikipedia article name).
  *  Each tag has a described meaning, thus people will more likely understand the same
  *  A search through tags would provide the searcher the same lists for which meaning (of such a word) to search.
  *  Often there are several words that mean the same thing. This can also be automatically solved with the help of Wikipedia: Redirects. Redirects are Wikipedia-Sites that contain nothing but a reference to the article with the correct lemma for its meaning. Such tags could be automatically replaced with its correct lemma. (e.g.: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Asymmetric_Algorithms&redirect=no|http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Asymmetric_Algorithms&redirect=no]])

Problems:

  *  some words might be missing completely ..

Lots of other good ideas about a Software Thesaurus can be found here: [[http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2006052522234947|http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2006052522234947]]
====  List of possible Software Thesauri ====

  *  Wikipedia
  *  [[http://www.computer.org/portal/site/ieeecs/menuitem.c5efb9b8ade9096b8a9ca0108bcd45f3/index.jsp?&pName=ieeecs_level1&path=ieeecs/publications/author&file=ACMtaxonomy.xml&xsl=generic.xsl&|ACM]]
  *  foldoc ([[http://foldoc.org|http://foldoc.org]])
  *  NAG ([[http://www.nag.co.uk/numeric/fl/manual/html/FLlibrarymanual.asp|http://www.nag.co.uk/numeric/fl/manual/html/FLlibrarymanual.asp]])
  *  UNESCO Thesaurus ([[http://www2.ulcc.ac.uk/unesco/|http://www2.ulcc.ac.uk/unesco/]])
  *  DADS ([[http://www.nist.gov/dads/|http://www.nist.gov/dads/]])
  *  IEEE Standard Glossary of Software Engineering Terminology (rev 2002) ([[http://standards.ieee.org/reading/ieee/std/se/610.12-1990.pdf|http://standards.ieee.org/reading/ieee/std/se/610.12-1990.pdf]]) -> this one also sound promising but I have no account there so I couldn't take a look at it  :-(
  *  Linux Dictionary ([[http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html|http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html]])

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