Posts Tagged ‘Taxonomies’
Changing Search to Found
Content without access is relatively worthless. Enterprise search is how an organization helps people seek the information they need, in any format, from anywhere inside their company. Automated content tagging is one approach to solving the challenge of finding the right content. Tech Target brought this information to our attention in their article, “How automated…
Read MoreTaxonomies in Game Development
Taxonomies provide consistency in terms and categories to enable findability in content. This is true regardless of the subject – even gaming. This interesting topic came to us from Game Industry Biz in their article, “Beyond genre: Using taxonomy data to build your next big game.” When conceptualizing or creating a game, the elements are…
Read MoreLooking to the Experts
Traditional classifications of animals, medicine, diseases, and other vastly dense topics can feel like reciting pi – infinite data with infinite possibilities. While there may be limits in a particular software, like SharePoint, to how many terms and levels can be in a taxonomy, the reality is there are subjects that are quite possibly endless.…
Read MoreFinding Shouldn’t Be a Challenge
At first glance, the terms “findability” and “discoverability” may seem to refer to similar things. However, these concepts are very different, and both are key outcomes that should be considered in any comprehensive knowledge management strategy. Content without access is relatively worthless. Enterprise search is how an organization helps people seek the information they need,…
Read MoreManaging Content with Taxonomies
When it comes to content management, each organization is unique. However, while the business entities and types of content may change between clients, typically the pattern and approach is familiar. Learning to recognize those patterns and being able to leverage them is key to increasing the success of your content management projects. CMS Wire brought…
Read MoreThe Danger of Ordinary Taxonomies
Many standards and non-customized taxonomies are the result of one vendor becoming dominant in a market or sector. Diginomica brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “Standardizing taxonomies can grease the wheels of the future’s Everything-as-a-Service.“ A standards-based custom taxonomy can help you provide clear order to your data, which enables comprehensive…
Read MoreThe Search Journey
Content without access is relatively worthless. Enterprise search is how an organization helps people seek the information they need, in any format, from anywhere inside their company. This includes databases, document management systems or even information on paper. It’s about getting the right information at the right time. At first glance, the terms “findability” and “discoverability” may…
Read MoreManaging the Data with Taxonomies
Most organizations today face challenges as they accumulate volumes of data on premises and in the cloud. How do they begin to locate what’s valuable, sensitive, or relevant when the time comes, and in an expedited manner? Technology is almost always a good investment for organizations, especially if they are looking to justify information technology…
Read MoreTaxonomies in a DAM System
A solid digital asset management (DAM) system is designed to make finding your digital files easily. This happens with a taxonomy, built to organize and index content. This interesting topic came to us from MarTech in their article, “Getting off on the right foot with DAM.“ Taxonomy is the data structure on which a DAM…
Read MoreTaxonomy in Human Traits
When you think of facial hair you don’t automatically think of a taxonomy, or at least I don’t. This interesting and slightly humorous topic came to us from Wired in their article, “Facial Hair Is Biologically Useless. So Why Do Humans Have It?“ Human traits can be categorized and classified just like any other topic.…
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