Case Examples in Deriving a Taxonomy

Date:

June 06, 2005 - 12:30 - 2:00 EDT

In this call you'll learn from case studies about how to best approach taxonomy projects.

Topics include:

Term Gathering

Finding "hidden taxos" that already exist in your organization
Use of Industry, competitor, geography lists
Leveraging menu items in existing HR applications
Use of existing corporate standards
How to find organization help from unexpected quarters; get buy-in early

Term Organization

Search logs
Web Statistics
Content research
Inventories and audits
Facet identification
Best practices case study

Testing and Evaluation

What testing procedures exist
Card sorting (open and closed)
Naming exercises
Expert evaluation of draft taxonomies
When to use each method
What you can learn from each method
Basic steps in each evaluation method
How to analyze and interpret results from each method

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Speakers

Seth Earley

President & CEO , Earley & Associates

Seth has been implementing content management and knowledge management projects for over 14 years and has been in the technology field for 20 + years. He is founder of the Boston Knowledge Management Forum and co-author of Practical Knowledge Management from the IBM Press. He is former adjunct professor at Northeastern University, where he taught graduate courses in Knowledge Management Infrastructure and E Business Strategy. He was 2009 Co-Chair of the Metadata Committee, NDIIPP Education and Outreach for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

Marcia Morante

President (KCurve) , KCurve

Marcia Morante is the founder and President of KCurve. She's been in the information business for 25 years. Before founding KCurve in 2001, she was the Director of Professional Services at Sageware, where she built a core practice around taxonomy development. Prior to that, she was associated in technical and managerial capacities with Fulcrum, Verity and Autonomy.

KCurve draws on a consortium of highly experienced professionals to fulfill all project tasks. We combine our strengths when projects require a mix of skills, experience and perspective. Marcia is personally involved in every project undertaken by KCurve, applying organizational and project management skills as well as discipline expertise.

Wendy Pohs

Cybrarian (IBM) , IBM

Wendy Pohs has been in textual information delivery in the software industry for almost 20 years. After receiving her Master's Degree in library and information science from the University of Michigan, she began her career at the American Mathematical Society writing Cobol programs to support a new system for displaying mathematical formulas online. She later joined the Digital Equipment Corporation and helped develop a competitive intelligence retrieval system successfully used for years by the Digital sales force.

Wendy joined Lotus Development Corporation just as the Web was taking off. The proliferation of unstructured information generated by collaborative computing, electronic mail systems, and newsgroups emphasized the need for both software tools and a professional background geared toward meaningful organization of text. Wendy was asked to join the Knowledge Discovery System development team as resident "cybrarian".

Case Examples in Deriving a Taxonomy

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