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Metadata is everyone’s responsibility

Posted by digitalassetman
/ April 17, 2012 / Leave a comment

Laura Dawson on why metadata is integral to each stage of publishing. by Jenn Webb I recently had the opportunity to check in with publishing consultant Laura Dawson (@ljndawson) on the current state of metadata. Dawson says publishers are starting to understand that metadata is the only indication that an ebook exists...

Posted in Metadata

Tagged Libraries, Library and Information Science, Metadata, Taxonomy, Workflow
An Intro to Metadata and Taxonomies

Posted by digitalassetman
/ March 30, 2012 / Leave a comment

by Christine Benson As the structured/adaptive content conversation progresses, metadata and taxonomies will also become more and more important. To participate in the conversation, you don’t need to know everything—but you do need to understand the essential foundations so you can ask the right questions. For the record, I’m no...

Posted in Metadata, Taxonomy

Tagged Cataloguing, Metadata, Structured content, Taxonomy
Pitching Automation No Matter the Consequences

Posted by digitalassetman
/ December 12, 2011 / Leave a comment

Taxonomy: More Marketing Craziness in Play? Now there is considerable contention in the market with regard to taxonomies. The word “taxonomy” itself is a shuttlecock with software badminton players swinging with abandon. The idea is simple: A hierarchical word list. But with hot new spins like ontology (not to be...

Posted in Metadata, Ontology, Taxonomy

Tagged Taxonomy
Taxonomy Management Tools Replacing Spreadsheets for Enterprise Vocabularies

Posted by digitalassetman
/ December 7, 2011 / Leave a comment

The Real Story Group releases a new Enterprise Search Evaluation and finds vendor diversity and immaturity The Real Story Group just released a new Advisory Paper: “Taxonomy Management Tools: A Comparative Evaluation.” Taxonomy management tools have become a key player in end-to-end architectures for tackling content organization challenges, but the...

Posted in Taxonomy

Tagged Enterprise search, Taxonomy
A guide to the lifeblood of Digital Asset Management

Posted by digitalassetman
/ September 18, 2011 / Leave a comment

Key concepts and best practices for using metadata in digital asset management systems. Do you know what digital assets you have and how to identify, organize, and describe them? This should not be rushed, as this is critical to the impact your DAM system’s use will have on your overall efficiency...

Posted in DAM, Metadata, Taxonomy

Tagged Controlled vocabulary, DAM, Metadata, Taxonomy, white paper
Connecting the Taxonomy with Search

Posted by digitalassetman
/ August 18, 2011 / Leave a comment

A customer asked me, “How is the taxonomy connected to search?” Their search vendor says they can implement the full taxonomy. This is such a simple question – such a long answer below. The taxonomy (the hierarchical view of a controlled vocabulary) is really just a list of terms in...

Posted in Metadata, Taxonomy

Tagged Controlled vocabulary, Metadata, Records Management, Taxonomy
Taxonomy Fairy Tales – Taxonomy Times

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/ June 10, 2011 / Leave a comment

The YouTube video with Patrick Lambe a few months back generated some good feedback, including an invitation from Teresa Macgregor of the SLA Taxonomy Division to write it up for their newsletter. The following appeared in Taxonomy Times No. 6, April 2011. It’s strange, but start talking to hard-bitten, seasoned executives about information in...

Posted in Taxonomy

Tagged Controlled vocabulary, Custom post types, Taxonomy, Vocabulary

Metadata is everyone’s responsibility

An Intro to Metadata and Taxonomies

Pitching Automation No Matter the Consequences

Taxonomy Management Tools Replacing Spreadsheets for Enterprise Vocabularies

A guide to the lifeblood of Digital Asset Management

Connecting the Taxonomy with Search

Taxonomy Fairy Tales – Taxonomy Times

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