Taxonomy
Field by Any Other Name
July 26, 2010 — In one of the chatty podcasts about software engineering, one of the commentators pointed out that metadata was one of the most critical aspects of information governance. We agree. The chatter continued and another podcast voice mentioned that there was a relationship between database field names and metadata. I realized that…
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Brand Monitor launches new tool to index social media in real-time.
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OpenSuse offers an indexing tool as part of their new release.
Read More4.0 Release of Tagmaster Announced
Tagmaster 4.0 provides automated tagging functionality for scientific, technical, and medical (STM) content and is easily integrated into production workflows and live applications.
Read MoreComprehensive Medical Device Taxonomy Adds 4,000 Terms
Acclaimed comprehensive medical device taxonomy is expanded even further.
Read MoreGartner Magic Quadrant for Web Content Management
July 13, 2010 — Taxonomies and content management are often joined in a shotgun marriage. The CMS vendors have idiosyncratic methods of tagging, indexing, and manipulating hierarchies. The taxonomy professionals usually get a phone call or email asked for some help. Usually the message contains the phrase “It’s no big deal” or “We don’t have…
Read MoreTaxonomy Survey 2008: A Moment in Time
July 13, 2010 — One of our readers sent us a link to a 2008 presentation by Razorfish about taxonomies. The slides are on Slideshare at this link; however, you may have to register. We were able to view the 66 slide deck in our browser. Several points jumped out of the 2008 presentation, which…
Read MoreSemantic Technology – Fact or Fiction?
Best Buy implements semantic technology for their Web pages and realizes increased traffic and better service.
Read MoreWhy Use A Taxonomy Management Tool?
With content management systems offering taxonomy features, why use a taxonomy managment tool at all? There are many reasons why a coordinating taxonomy management tool is not only valuable, but necessary. The system should not be short-circuited by the limitations of a content management system which, trying to serve an array of purposes, doesn’t quite match all the functions served by the original parts.
Read MoreHeather Hedden, Taxonomist – Profiled
Heather Hedden, author of The Accidental Taxonomist, discusses her career highlights.
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