I had an interesting exchange with some of the decision makers in my area yesterday. I had been planning on building a taxonomy that included informal terms...
will your interface display the informal terms? even if it does, the great thing about distinguishing between preferred terms and non-preferred terms is that...
Thanks, Kate! That's a good selling point: I can use the informal terms to teach the formal ones. That should make both sides happy, as well as achieve the...
... With patience -- seriously! Try asking the persons in charge to confirm who you are building the system for, and how you expect them to use it, and then...
... my area yesterday. I had been planning on building a taxonomy that included informal terms (such as porkchop fitting and batwing doors) and mapped them to...
One of the challenges in deploying your taxonomy is getting people to use and understand the terms. There are three parts to the problem. 1. Deciding on the...
This issue arose for me, except it wasn't formal and informal terms. If your user base is 50% English as a Second Language readers and searchers, and your...
Hello Taxonomy Community of Practice, Hello, my name is Jeff Pekrul, I recently joined Genentech as a data architect. Genentech is a rapidly growing...
Hi Jeff, Welcome to the group. That is a really good question. Where do you spend your time and energy to get the greatest bang for the buck? I think your ...
All, I'm sure you all have the seminars below on your calendar but I wanted to make sure. This is a great opportunity for DC area IA and UX professionals....
Hi. I'm a soon-to-graduate MLIS student with an interest in vocabulary/taxonomy/thesauri creation. I'm currently doing an internship at the Center for...
Hi, Erica. I come to the world of taxonomy from the library universe. I have an MLIS from Pratt Institute and was director of a library at a publishing house...
To reply to Erica's comment, I think taxonomists in the business world often have library and information science backgrounds. I attended the Information...
This came by my desk today for those of you looking for a position leveraging your taxonomy expertise... Seth Position Description: The incumbent will analyze...
Thanks Janice and others who have responded to my posting. It's interesting to hear about everyone's background and experience. The many ways in which ...
Librarians and information professionals who work in the non-profit sector, as well as business, government, hospitals and other organizations, are likely to...
Looks like things have been a little slow here on the board mid July. Interestingly, I've been seeing a great deal of project activity at clients, which is...
I am looking for definitions of Information Architecture. Also, Taxonomy... I will share. Dan Chamberlain Sr. Systems Architect Dominion Resources ... ...
Is anyone using Protege as a vocabulary management tool? Can you give me some idea about: Why you chose it? How you are using it? What plug-ins you are using? ...
I am not familiar with Protege. Looks like they have quite a large community. I'd be curious about others' experience as well. I think I'll do a quick survey...
Hi all, Per Seth's request, an introduction... My name is Ron Daniel, a new member of the TaxoCoP list. I'm one of the Principals at Taxonomy Strategies LLC,...
I have used Protege to translate our corporate reference model to an
ontology. I generated xml off the UML models and then translated them
into an ontology...
Having been lurking here for a week or two, I should perhaps say hello now. I am a consultant in information management, working in partnership with my wife -...
Hi Ron, Thanks for sharing that with the group. I am sure there will be interest in your research once you develop your model. (This is a good group to test ...
Hi Leonard, Thanks for introducing yourself. I think taxonomy has been commandeered by the business and IT world and is out of the realm of biologists for...
Hi all. I notice from the Taxonomy Boot Camp Programme Details that Seth, you are speaking on "Enabling your Taxonomy: Integration & Implementation" and the...
I can't remember if I introduced myself or not! If I did, it must not have been very memorable if I can't remember writing it! I am a technical writer who is...