tripartite structure of a tag (label)

"[T]he inherent tripartite structure of a tag which potentially informs us a) about the resource being tagged, b) about the identity of the tagger and c) about the interests of the tagger, all combine to define the ternary relationship between them. When this is multiplied by ‘x’ number of tags in a given system, it opens a veritable pandora’s box of application options." - Simon Edhouse

Source
Edhouse, S. (2009, August 21). Who is “Everybody”? Retrieved April 11, 2010, from You're It!: http://tagsonomy.com/index.php/who-is-everybody/