Measuring the Success of a Taxonomy Project: Tuning Content Categories for Continuous Improvement
Developing and maintaining a taxonomy is a means to an end – and not an end in itself. The outcomes may be such things as a better browsing experience, an improved shopping experience, or enhanced information search and retrieval. The key to the success of a taxonomy project depends upon its outcomes. It's important to identify the outcomes, and then, using a combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches, determine whether the important criteria are being met. There are a number of different techniques for measuring the success of a taxonomy project, including a design phase walk thru, taxonomy tuning, and outcome evaluations (2007).
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Hi Early:
I am Berte Schachter, adjunct-lecturer in DAM at Columbia Univ in NYC.
I teach in the KM Masters program in the School of Continuing Education. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/bulletin/uwb/
Could I get a free copy of your 2007 paper on Measuring the Success of Taxonomy and distribute it to my class of 11 students? I have found it difficult to teach taxonomy to my students although they are interested in this subject. Personally, I believe that taxonomy is one of those skills, (while possible to teach), is some sort of innate skill and remains mysterious to the rest of the world. People who excel at this just think differently! All the more important to stress it's importance.
I would prefer that you reach me at my personal email: schacbert@gmail.com
My Columbia email is bs2721@columbia.edu, if you prefer.
Thanks for reading.