Taxonomy & Metadata Jumpstart (2007)

April 05, 2007 - 12:00 - 2:00 EDT
Seth Earley
, Joseph Busch
, Christine Connors

Taxonomy & Metadata Call 1
Topics include:

  • Why search needs a taxonomy
  • Making the business case
  • Why not just get Google?
  • Let's have a folksonomy
April 12, 2007 - 12:30 - 2:00 EDT
Seth Earley
, Marjorie Hlava
, Dr. Jay Ven Eman

Taxonomy & Metadata Call 2
Topics include:

  • What is a taxonomy? 
  • What is metadata? What is a thesaurus?
  • How do these pieces become a taxonomy?
  • A taxonomy project roadmap 
April 19, 2007 - 12:30 - 2:00 EDT
Seth Earley
, Barbara Nichols
, Stu Carty

Taxonomy & Metadata Call 3
Topics include:

  • Relationship between taxonomy, metadata and content objects
  • Metadata standards and thesaurus structures
  • Managing taxonomic and structured metadata - the different flavors
  • Bridging the gap between the data world and the content world
April 26, 2007 - 12:30 - 2:00 EDT
Seth Earley
, Richard Beatch

Taxonomy & Metadata Call 4
Topics include:

  • Integration with CMS & search
  • Implementation challenges
  • Testing and usability
  • Governance and maintenance