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  • New e-book from AIIM on SharePoint Includes Article by Earley & Associates
    11 Aug 2010

    SharePoint is transforming the ECM landscape. With the release of SharePoint 2010, the already significant adoption rates initiated with MOSS will escalate. This e-book explores some of the issues associated with SharePoint implementations, particularly in the context of integration/competition with other ECM solutions.

    Using its now familiar "8 Things..." model this e-book consists of 18 articles.  The third article is "8 Things You Need to Know About Taxonomy, Metadata and Information Architecture in SharePoint 2010" by Jeff Carr and Seth Earley. 

    The purpose of this e-book, according to AIIM is not to serve as a technical guide but instead, "to increase awareness across a broad cross-section of organizations and industries about the kinds of issues you need to think about when you begin to adopt a more strategic approach to managing information...the purpose of this series is educational and evangelical rather than technical."

    And the best news is the book is free to download.

  • Earley & Associates recognized as a global leader at Canada 3.0
    17 May 2010

    Canada 3.0 2010 recently brought together inventors, academia, entrepreneurs, industry, and government to focus on bringing Canada to the next level of digital maturity. Earley & Associates was one of very few non-Canadian companies invited to participate. In extending the invitation, conference organizers recognized the unique leadership role played by Earley & Associates in the taxonomy and metadata services space. See Canada 3.0 for more information on this initiative. For Earley and Associate conference presentations, see Digital Transformation and Digital Rights Management.

  • Just Released: "The Accidental Taxonomist", by Heather Hedden
    10 May 2010

    Earley & Associates is pleased to announce the release of a new book on taxonomy written by one of our consultants, Heather Hedden.  If you have participated in our Community of Practice webinars you likely have enjoyed the wealth of information that Heather brings to the table.  Now you can have Heather's expertise at your fingertips in her new book, "The Accidental Taxonomist" published by Information Today.  For a peek at the table of contents, to download a sample chapter or to order the book visit the Information Today website. 

  • Posting on AIIM Typepad: 8 Things You Need to Know About Taxonomy, Metadata and Information Architecture in SharePoint 2010
    27 Apr 2010

    1 - Use Taxonomy and Controlled Vocabulary for Content Enrichment

    Controlled terms are managed in a Term Set and surfaced as part of a document’s properties using the Managed Metadata column. The field itself is directly bound to a Term Set or subset thereof, and enables users to easily browse available Terms for tagging. Users have the option of entering values into a text field where type-ahead functionality offers Term suggestions or browsing the full hierarchy of Terms in the Term Set itself.
     

    2 - Use Social Features for Personal Classification and Improved Findability

    Uncontrolled terms are managed as a flat list and surfaced in a document’s properties through the Managed Keywords column. Rather than a forced selection from a controlled taxonomic list of values, users are able to apply their own descriptors to content as metadata in a folksonomic way that make sense to them. A further ability to create personal Tags and Notes as well as apply Ratings to content is offered to help with the retrieval of content at a later date in time. 
     

    3 - Use Taxonomy and Metadata to Improve Navigation and Browsing

    The goal of metadata lies not in the tagging of content itself, but rather in the potential it offers for the improvement of findability via constructs such as navigation. Navigation Hierarchies offer an expandable and collapsible hierarchy based on taxonomic value while Key Filters allow users to enter keywords into a text field and search against the taxonomy to find terms to apply as filters to document libraries and lists.

  • KMWorld Book Review: Chapter by Earley & Associates Team
    08 Feb 2010

    KMWorld provided a review of the 2009 edition of Best Practices in Information Management, which includes a chapter written by Seth Earley, Stephanie Lemieux, and Charlie Gray on Integrating Taxonomy with CMS at Motorola.

    An excerpt from the review states: “It is, quite frankly, the best collection of case studies and solutions I’ve run across and will be an invaluable resource for KMWorld readers when it’s officially released in May. The reports are solid, practical and real-world examples of how to do things right.”

    Read the full review at KMWorld.

  • Videos from AMPAS Digital Motion Picture Metadata Symposium
    21 Dec 2009

    Hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, this one day event in June 2009 featured interactive workshops, guest lectures, and case studies on the cataloging and classification of digital motion picture materials. Seth Earley moderated the day's events, read more about the Symposium overview and watch videos of the proceedings. 

  • New Jumpstart Series on Digital Asset Management
    11 Nov 2009

    Earley & Associates is pleased to announce a new 4-part webinar series on Digital Asset Management. The series will run Thursdays January 14 - February 4, featuring DAM and industry experts speaking on business case development, optimizing creative workflows for Marketing Resource Management (MRM), asset reuse, and the vendor landscape. Visit the DAM Jumpstart page to register.

  • CareerOneStop Wins Technology Innovation Award
    26 Oct 2009

    We are pleased to announce our former client, the State of Minnesota, was awarded the Minnesota Tekne Award for CareerOneStop.org, an honor presented to organizations that have shown superior technology innovation and leadership. Earley & Associates is proud to have contributed to the redevelopment of CareerOneStop, providing services and expertise around taxonomy and information architecture development.

  • E&A New Website Recognized by Drupal Easy
    04 Oct 2009

    In this week's Drupal Easy podcast, Earley & Associates was selected as "Site of the Week" for our relaunch Drupal implementation.

  • Media Asset Management Metadata Research
    25 Sep 2009

    Earley & Associates, along with Ad-ID and AMWA, is conducting a research project to determine how the media and entertainment sector (and specifically for advertising and marketing assets) has adopted various tagging and metadata practices in Enterprise Search and Content Management.

  • Open for Participation: Insurance Industry Metadata Survey
    16 Sep 2009

    Earley & Associates continues industry research into organizational maturity and its correlation with metadata and information development best practices with a research project launched specifically for the insurance industry. We are collecting data through the Insurance Industry Metadata Maturity Benchmark Survey.

  • Earley & Associates Awarded Taxonomy & Tagging Assessment Project
    30 Aug 2009

    Earley & Associates is awarded a Taxonomy & Tagging Assessment project for the American Bar Association.

  • Wordmap Search Integration Framework Named Trend-Setting Product 2009 by KMWorld
    27 Aug 2009

    Wordmap, a subsidiary of Earley & Associates, was named a Trend-Setting Product of 2009 by KMWorld.

  • Earley & Associates Awarded Taxonomy Development Project
    16 Aug 2009

    Earley & Associates is awarded a Taxonomy Development project for one of the world's leading hoteliers.

  • Earley & Associates Awarded Corporate Taxonomy Roadmap Project
    09 Aug 2009

    Earley & Associates is awarded a Taxonomy Roadmap project for leading market research firm Westat. Earley & Associates will provide recommendations for a taxonomy architecture that optimizes proposal generation processes and reuse capabilities.