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Selected Works of Marc L. Schmalz
Article
Full Steam Ahead: A Conceptual Analysis of User-Supplied Tags on Steam
Cataloging & Classification Quarterly (2016)
  • Travis Windleharth, University of Washington
  • Jacob Jett, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
  • Marc Schmalz, University of Washington
  • Jin Ha Lee, University of Washington
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Abstract
This article describes a conceptual analysis of user-generated tags applied to video games in the Steam video game distribution system. The research team scraped all user-generated tags available on Steam and then conducted a conceptual analysis of the tags, sorting them into categories and comparing them to the current version of the Video Game Metadata Schema. This analysis allowed the team to identify new metadata elements and terms useful to game players. We present a discussion covering the major issues in organizing the terms, as well as the implications for the future work in the area of video game metadata.
Keywords
  • video games,
  • user tags,
  • Steam,
  • metadata,
  • video game metadata schema
Disciplines
Publication Date
July 22, 2016
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/01639374.2016.1190951
Citation Information
Travis Windleharth, Jacob Jett, Marc Schmalz and Jin Ha Lee. "Full Steam Ahead: A Conceptual Analysis of User-Supplied Tags on Steam" Cataloging & Classification Quarterly Vol. 54 Iss. 7 (2016) p. 418 - 441 ISSN: 0163-9374
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/marc-schmalz/9/