Molecule: Sistema de organização e visualização de Tags

Abstract

Several platforms allow users to tag resources and share information. Over time various forms of tags visualization have been developed in order to facilitate the visualization of the tag space and the search and retrieval of resources. The tag cloud stands out as the most common form of tags visualization. This paper presents a study carried out on their limitations and proposes an alternative. It also suggests a new interpretation on how to search and view information associated with tags, thus differing from the method of direct search term in the database that is currently used mostly. As a result of this interpretation, a viable and innovative system was achieved, Molecule, that overcome some of the problems associated with the traditional tag cloud.