Creating the TagLink format was like solving a puzzle. In the end, everything must fit perfectly together. These are some important considerations that were taken to create the TagLink format:
- The channels are chained both ways: incoming and outgoing links. What I’m watching today, I’ll be syndicating tomorrow. A channel is a connection point. It’s to what users will tune in when they want to view information, and it’s to where users will broadcast out when they want to share information.
- For users to share information, they don’t have necessarily to share the same concepts. All they have to do is to show how their friends’ concepts are associated with their own concepts. This is the essence of TagLink.
- The TagLink will evolve dynamically. It’s part of the Discover/Subscribe pattern. You discover an interesting channel, you subscribe to it, and your TagLink gets updated. A friend discovers an interesting channel from you, he subscribes to it, and your TagLink gets updated too.
- The TagLink helps define the color of the tags in the TagCloud. Blue for incoming flow of information, red for outgoing flow, purple for a mutual flow and black for no flow.
