Reciprocal tags in social tagging

A data processing system configured for reciprocal tagging of resources in a computer communications network, the system comprising:

• a data store of reciprocal tags coupled to a social bookmarking system executing in a host server;
• a plurality of resources accessible through the social bookmarking system;
• and,
• a reciprocal tagging module coupled to the social bookmarking system, the module comprising program code enabled to specify a resource among the resources for tagging and to identify a reciprocal resource among the resources to the specified resource, to generate a tag for a specified resource, the tag referencing the reciprocal resource and specifying a relationship between the specified resource and the reciprocal resource, to additionally generate a reciprocal tag for the reciprocal resource, the reciprocal tag referencing the specified resource in the reciprocal tag and indicating a reciprocal relationship between the specified resource and the reciprocal resource, and to store both tags in the data store.

A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium embodying computer usable program code for tagging of resources in a computer communications network, the computer program product comprising:

• computer usable program code for specifying a resource in a computing system for tagging and identifying a reciprocal resource to the specified resource;
• computer usable program code for generating a tag for a specified resource, the tag referencing the reciprocal resource and specifying a relationship between the specified resource and the reciprocal resource;
• computer usable program code for additionally generating a reciprocal tag for the reciprocal resource, the reciprocal tag referencing the specified resource in the reciprocal tag and indicating a reciprocal relationship between the specified resource and the reciprocal resource;
• and,
• computer usable program code for storing both tags in a data store of reciprocal tags for subsequent access.