Taxonomy management is crucial for large organizations with diverse content, yet many systems struggle with modern taxonomy structures. Common issues include: Manual Updates, Limited Functionality, Flattened Taxonomies, Inadequate Support. These limitations hinder productivity and the effective use of taxonomies. I’m interested in learning about other challenges and effective platforms for managing taxonomies.
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At IAC24, Joan Hua gave a very good presentation on how to get yourself oriented in a new domain quickly. As taxonomists and information architects, getting into a domain is so important to the process – it allows us to communicate effectively with SMEs and other stakeholders, and it helps us in making sense of …
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This is a topic that’s been pretty near and dear to me, as I’m currently involved in an effort to migrate an enterprise taxonomy to an updated taxonomy management system. As part of the migration effort, I went back through old documentation to get a better understanding of why certain decisions had been made previously …
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The classification of pipes, like most classification systems, turns out to be complex, messy, and interesting.
Providing concrete return on investment (ROI) numbers for IA projects is often complicated and difficult to calculate. Successful IA project executions are dependent on a solid foundation. At enterprise scale, IA builds the foundation of an organization’s information infrastructure so that users can connect with the right information across multiple platforms to create the required connection. When the foundation is flawed, the connections don’t happen….
Providing concrete return on investment (ROI) numbers for IA projects is often complicated and difficult to calculate. Successful IA project executions are dependent on a solid foundation. At enterprise scale, IA builds the foundation of an organization’s information infrastructure so that users can connect with the right information across multiple platforms to create the required connection. When the foundation is flawed, the connections don’t happen….
Hi, I’m a taxonomist, and I’m here to help you with your content publishing workflows! You might think all I do is hide away in a corner classifying things and making lists of terms. But the truth is, I only do that after I have analyzed your content, content strategy, content publishing workflows, existing taxonomies …
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In this webinar, speakers from Factor and Lucidworks discuss scaling information for a virtual digital workforce. We’ll share a case study and discuss why great Information Architecture (IA) is critical for success.
If you feel like you’re experiencing Information Anxiety right now, you’re not alone. We’ve been trying to make sense of all the COVID-19 information being thrown around. It is now more important than ever that we rely on IA fundamentals to clarify, communicate, and even comfort.
