Taxonomy
Choosing Non-Preferred (and Preferred) Terms for a Thesaurus
© Kellyplz | Dreamstime.com – Squirrels Making Wishes. Photo Synonyms and other non-preferred terms are largely what make a taxonomy (or other controlled vocabulary) a thesaurus. They can enrich a vocabulary in a variety of ways. Searches on a vocabulary can take advantage of non-preferred synonyms to direct the search from those words or phrases…
Read MoreChoosing Broader and Narrower Terms
Photo by Fanghong, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Russian-Matroshka.jpg / CC BY-SA 3.0 As most readers of this blog know, taxonomies are controlled vocabularies in which the terms are arranged hierarchically. Terms representing the broadest concepts are at the top level, and terms representing more specific concepts within those concepts are placed at a deeper level. The result is a…
Read MoreOntologist Needed
To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, ontology, etc., we are sharing career opportunities that we find with our readers. Even if you are not in the market for a career move, it is always good to stay on top of what is available and how the fields are…
Read MoreOrganized Information
While not a true taxonomy, a recent look at the history of educational development elsewhere in the world classifies a diverse range of educational ideas and practices that have arisen with the development of mass education. This interesting information came from The News on Sunday in their article, “History of educational development.” Gathering this depth of…
Read MoreCategorizing the Films
It is always interesting to me when I find taxonomies of interesting and unusual topics. Even if they aren’t true taxonomies, they are typically classifications of some form or another, and they provide information, which is after all, the goal. The latest find: Data Lab’s recently published “The Four Types Of Tom Cruise Movies.” This…
Read MoreArchiving Sound
The Macaulay Library at Cornell University is home to the world’s largest and oldest collection of nature recordings. Recently, they uploaded and made available their whole, totally searchable, archive online for free. This very interesting information came from Chart Attack in their article, “The world’s largest natural sound archive just went up online.” In this archive, 9,000…
Read MoreThe Value Added by Folksonomies
As content is organized, the standard approaches include hierarchical or flat. One or both utilize tags to put labels on the content, which makes the information easily retrievable when the user needs access. Tags can be used as a part of filtering search queries or fixed views of a content source. Tags are created in…
Read MoreClassifying Exoplanets: Where does Earth 2.0 fall?
On the 9th of January, 1992, astronomers around the world rejoiced. For the first time ever, they had definitive proof of a planet orbiting another star. These early observations were extremely limited, mainly focused on noticing the wobble of the parent star, but they opened the proverbial floodgate for exoplanet discovery. A little over two…
Read MoreThe Value of a Taxonomy in Archiving
Archiving and storing historical records for the future is an admirable task. The North Vancouver Museum and Archives (NVMA) has been doing that since 1971. This interesting news came from the Eloquent blog in their post, “Online Archives promote Community Heritage. The NVMA acquires the records of organizations and individuals whose activities document the historical, social,…
Read MoreIntern Opportunities
As we strive to be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, ontology, etc., we are excited to share career opportunities that we find with our readers. Even if you aren’t in the market for a career move, it is always good to stay on top of what is available and…
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