Building an Ontology Based on Folksonomy: An attempt to represent knowledge embedded in filmed materials

Ontology, usually, build upon Taxonomy, which is considered as the backbone of it. The problem is that Taxonomy entirely depends on controlled vocabulary which has many drawbacks, particularly in the environments that depend on social networking, which shaped and formed generally from contribution of nun-specialist communities. On the other side, Folksonomy found as a way to deal with free tagging systems. Although it has a many weaknesses, it could be very Useful in dealing with the requirements of the beneficiaries within those social networking environments. This article discusses part of recent work on developing an ontology that can be used to represent the knowledge inherent in filmed materials. The ontology is intended to be used as the semantic basis for a retrieval system. The focus of the paper is on the method used to develop the ontology. The method is influenced by success that has been achieved in developing Folksonomies.