Social metadata - content contributed by users - is evolving as a way to enhance and append metadata created by information professionals. The OCLC Research Library Partnership has spawned a 21-member Social Metadata Working Group that reviewed 76 sites for social metadata including tags, comments, ratings, reviews, images and video.
The first of the group's reports is available here and it is interesting to note how organizations are encouraging participation among users and utilizing the resulting content.
My favorite part of the report is the list of the sites reviewed which includes many I have not explored like:
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