Integrating Taxonomies & Content Management
Earley & Associates helps build taxonomies specifically for content management. Often these taxonomies supply the controlled vocabularies used to populate content metadata fields, however their value can be realized in multiple ways.
One way is through dynamic presentation of associated content. For example a taxonomy built for a major electronics company allowed them to dynamically present and re-use related content such as product details, brochures, safety regulations, product features, graphics etc. through the application of taxonomy terms. This resulted in tremendous cost saving through less duplication of effort and a consistent presentation of content.
Compared to navigational website taxonomies or taxonomies for search, taxonomies for enterprise content management require special consideration. We build taxonomies for content management with focused attention to the following issues:
- Depth of the hierarchy
- Scope of content
- Formality of terms
- Integration of ISO taxonomies
- Taxonomies and Content Management Systems
The features and limitations of your content management system (CMS) will determine key elements of how your taxonomy is constructed. For example some CMS some systems have very limited ability to handle deep multi level taxonomies, requiring a different approach to taxonomy building.
Our consultants can help you understand how to integrate taxonomy with a CMS such as Vignette, Interwoven, Documentum and SharePoint, and ensure that your taxonomy is built with content management best practices in mind.
