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  • 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.

  • Earley & Associates Partners with AIIM International to Deliver Information Organization and Access (IOA) Certificate Program
    07 Jan 2010

    CONCORD, MA — January 7, 2010 — Earley & Associates, the leading taxonomy and search consultancy, today announced the formation of a training partnership with AIIM International, the leading non-profit organization focused on helping professionals understand the challenges associated with managing business information. Leveraging years of experience and thought leadership in information management, Earley & Associates will deliver training courses for the Information Organization and Access (IOA) Certificate Program, one of several Certificate Programs AIIM offers as vendor neutral training focused on optimizing findability and global best practices for enterprise search.

    For Earley & Associates, this partnership is a continuation of their longstanding mission to educate and inform the business world on best practices for managing information assets and optimizing technology investments. “We are very excited to have Earley & Associates as our training partner for our IOA Certificate Program” states Thedra White, Director, Global Education Services at AIIM.  She continued, “They bring years of experience and insight to the program which will enhance the learning experience of students.”

    The IOA Certificate Program led by Earley & Associates will be available as classroom training courses leading to AIIM Practitioner, Specialist and Master designations, with the next course series beginning February 23 in Orlando, Florida. The curriculum will prepare professionals with skills to effectively manage information and make it more readily accessible across the enterprise to achieve business objectives. For more information on this IOA Certificate Program and for a schedule of upcoming courses, please visit: http://www.earley.com/training/aiim-courses

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  • 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.

  • Earley & Associates Awarded Taxonomy Development Project
    14 Jul 2009

    Earley & Associates is awarded an e-commerce taxonomy development project for the large outdoor sporting goods retailer Cabela's.

  • Earley & Associates Awarded Taxonomy Training Project
    10 Jul 2009

    We have the great pleasure to work with one of our favorite clients for a 3rd time to develop some taxonomy training materials. E&A will create presentations as well as documentation around the taxonomy with granular definitions and visual tagging examples. It will also include tips on searching in the client's digital asset management system.