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Book SynopsisAs organisations across the globe commit to digital transformation, well-managed taxonomies are more critical than ever in supporting a wide range of business applications. Amidst growing industry uptake of controlled vocabularies, ontologies and knowledge graphs, taxonomists are at the forefront of helping organisations manage content and data of unprecedented breadth, depth and variety.
Taxonomies: Practical Approaches to Developing and Managing Vocabularies for Digital Information is a comprehensive guide to building, implementing and using taxonomies. Featuring contributions and case examples from some of the world’s leading experts, the book supports professional development through practical advice and real-world case studies. Readers will learn best practice for the everyday realities of working with stakeholders, sponsors and systems to ensure that taxonomies remain useful and relevant. Addressing all the key stages of the process of building and implementing a taxonomy, including scoping, user testing and validation, and the creation of governance processes, the book is invaluable for the optimisation of systems for users and stakeholders alike.
Trade Review"It is difficult to think of a business case for not investing in this book." -- Martin White * Intranet Focus *
"This goldmine of information can be read cover to cover or used as a dip-in-and-out reference book, a refresher for seasoned taxonomists or a student textbook. Highly recommended." * Information Professional *
Table of ContentsForeword
Heather Hedden
Introduction
Helen Lippell
Part 1 Getting Started
1 Business Buy-in and Scoping
Maura Moran
2 Choosing Taxonomy Software
Joyce van Aalten
Part 2 Building Taxonomies
3 Taxonomy Structuring and Scaling: A Standardised Approach
Jonathan Engel
4 The Diversity of Terms: Respecting Culture and Avoiding Bias
Bharat Dayal Sharma
5 Relationships, Hierarchies and Semantics
Bob Kasenchak
6 User Testing and Validation
Tom Alexander
7 Taxonomy and Vocabulary Interoperability
Yonah Levenson
8 Everything that Will Go Wrong in your Taxonomy Project
Ed Vald
Part 3 Applications
9 Enterprise Search
Michele Jenkins
10 Taxonomy and Digital Asset Management
Sara James and Jeremy Bright
11 Powering Structured Content with Taxonomies
Rahel Anne Bailie
12 Information Architecture and E-commerce
Margaret Hanley
Part 4 Business Adoption
13 Implementing Taxonomies and Metadata: Lessons from a Busy Newsroom
Annette Feldman
14 Taxonomy Governance
Cynthia Knowles
15 Taxonomy Maintenance
Helen Challinor
16 The Taxonomist’s Role in a Development Team
Jo Kent
Appendix A: Metadata Template to Capture Taxonomy Term Diversity
Bharat Dayal Sharma
Appendix B: Semantics: Some Basic Ontological Principles
Bob Kasenchak
Appendix C: Metadata Model Template
Yonah Levenson
Glossary
Bob Kasenchak and Helen Lippell
