Flickr Tags

I've been looking at pictures in Flickr and it occurs to me that tags are like subject headings, but it's not controlled vocabulary like we're used to in the library setting. It's very much keyword - natural language - all over the place. Tags are rough, but charming.

I found a photo of a grey cat when I searched under the tag; small gardens. The owner of the grey cat was apparently standing in a small garden when the photo was taken and titled the photo; In the Small Garden. And perhaps that is the where the charm comes in, you never really know what you might find.