Classification & Taxonomies

Understanding taxonomies and how they are used can be challenging, depending on the context and audience. The Accidental Taxonomist brought this interesting topic to us in their article, “Taxonomy Definition.” Taxonomy is the science of classification – a basic means of understanding the world around us. Creating information order and structure is what a taxonomy is all about. Classifying documents and…

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Standards and Taxonomies

We like consistency and standards. Maybe that is why we are in the business of taxonomies. But there is no arguing that standards and structure are important. Without them and the existence of language conventions, comprehension would be significantly impacted. Artificial Lawyer brought this interesting topic to us in their article, “Why It Is Time…

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Educational Organization

When it comes to employees, organizations need to remember the variations of learning possessed by their workforce and reskill its employees in a way to keep up with the changing technology and culture. Surprisingly enough, taxonomies can help. This interesting topic came to us from ATD Education in their article, “Putting Taxonomies to Work: Skills…

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The Impact of Emerging Tech

The impact technology has on our world is colossal and we’re only just starting to catch up with ourselves. This interesting information came to us from Technical.ly in their article, “How does machine learning affect our work? Technologists talk ethics and use value.” Ethics in technology refers to moral principles that govern how technologies should…

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Managing Data with Taxonomies

Most organizations today face challenges as they accumulate volumes of data everywhere – on the premises and in the cloud. How do they begin to identify and locate what’s valuable, sensitive or relevant when the time comes, and in an expedited manner? A custom taxonomy could be the answer. Taxonomies provide consistency in terms and categories to enable findability in…

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Data and 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? Content without access is relatively worthless. Enterprise search is how an organization helps people seek the information they…

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Taxonomies and Changing Tech

Learning can be ethereal and abstract. When it comes to employees, organizations need to remember the variations of learning possessed by their workforce and reskill its employees in a way to keep up with the changing technology and culture. Surprisingly enough, taxonomies can help. This interesting topic came to us from ATD Education in their…

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Using Taxonomies for the Environment

Sustainability or green taxonomies developed by governments, international bodies, and non-governmental organizations can help improve consistency in identifying what, exactly, makes an investment sustainable. This interesting information came to us from Eye on ESG in their article, “Leveraging Taxonomies: How Asset Managers Are Using New Sustainability Classification Systems – Part I.” Investors have increasingly taken…

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Taxonomies Provide Structure

Researchers at University of Victoria in Canada have recently carried out a study aimed at clearly delineating the notion of a “safety-critical self-adaptive system.” As part of their work, they also devised a new taxonomy that could be used to classify different adaptation performed by self-adaptive systems. This taxonomy specifically focuses on the safety or…

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