Diverse users with diverse inputs add meaning to the online
catalog: Diverse inputs are often considered ambiguous when
used for descriptions because of the possibility for contradictions
among all the different perspectives. Diverse expert
communities add to objects with concepts, images, and contextual
information that may not easily explain the object
to a lay person. Yet, this ambiguity and tension represent
the reality of diverse perspectives toward objects, and these
ambiguities provide potential for inductive discoveries around
the objects. As more diverse users add to digital objects, the
context of these seemingly ambiguous perspectives becomes
clearer and can enrich the experience of users as they are
prompted to engage themselves in the process of describing
objects.