I work for EDS and have a lot of experience with working with SharePoint and taxonomy and metadata management for the last 4-5 years. We have rolled out...
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Marcia Morante
mmorante2003
Jun 1, 2007 7:35 pm
Although I don't have the years of experience with Sharepoint that Mike has, I have a few points to add regarding MOSS 2007. I've been using it intensively...
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Keipat Patkei
keipat1962
Jun 4, 2007 5:29 pm
Hi Syed, I agree whole-heartedly with Matt about automatic categorization creating a mess, and, if I was in your position and seriously pursuing the...
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Lee Romero
pekadad
Jun 4, 2007 5:33 pm
Hi all - I know this is a bit off topic, but I think I've seen members post about their experiences in implementing systems to support Legal Departments or...
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Mary Ann Williams
maw_williams
Jun 4, 2007 6:36 pm
Hello, Iąd like to finally introduce myself to this list. I am the Digital Archivist for Disney Online at the Walt Disney Internet Group in Burbank,...
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Seth Earley
seth_earley
Jun 4, 2007 7:44 pm
Hi Mary Ann, Welcome to the group. Are you attending the DAM conference in NY next week? That would be a good place to rsearch your interests. If there are...
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Lee Romero
pekadad
Jun 4, 2007 9:32 pm
Hi all - Are there any standard hierarchical groupings of countries that are commonly used in taxonomies? Any references that you can point out would be great....
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Smith, Lisa
lisacabisa
Jun 4, 2007 11:16 pm
I'd start with UN M.49 regions. Includes countries grouped to regions. Countries are mapped to their ISO 3166 alpha-code as well as UN number-code so then you...
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HALL Bill
williamphall
Jun 4, 2007 11:36 pm
Lee, I don't know about specific tagging systems, but XML combined with an indexing content repository offers some very interesting possibilities. I suggest...
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Heather Hedden
hbhedden
Jun 5, 2007 1:48 am
Thanks for sharing these, Lisa. For the regional grouping of countries, though, the UN grouping apparently aim at being culturally neutral. Users, however, may...
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Melvin Jay Kumar
melvink2
Jun 5, 2007 2:59 am
Bill, My understanding is thar most companies are still in their old way of doing things. It would be great to use these tools if they are all XML structured ,...
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HALL Bill
williamphall
Jun 5, 2007 3:26 am
Jay, I totally agree with you. The only concept of a document that most people still have is an inert pile of printed paper. The paradigm of the ponderously...
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res21bz2
Jun 5, 2007 11:49 am
Hi Lee. Have you looked at the Getty's Thesaurus of Geographic Locations? http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/tgn/ ...
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Patrick Lambe
plambe2002
Jun 5, 2007 11:51 am
Some nice observations Heather. My own take would be to take one of the standards as a vocabulary for country names, but look to user needs and content...
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Lee Romero
pekadad
Jun 5, 2007 12:24 pm
Thanks everyone for your quick responses and insights! Lots to consider now. A bit more background, now that I've gotten some questions to consider: * My...
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Kevin Hannon
endobikeman
Jun 5, 2007 1:35 pm
Lee, I think you will be OK. In the end, it will depend on how you process that metadata. You can have an interface or taxonomy specific to financial...
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Kate Simpson
katesimp2000
Jun 5, 2007 2:17 pm
Hi Lee By 'document systems' do you mean document management systems or more general content repositories? Not that it matters for my answer though... (!) Over...
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Kate Simpson
katesimp2000
Jun 5, 2007 2:18 pm
Hi Lee (again!) I put together a "Relevant Law" taxonomy for the law firm I was at last year (that just means jurisdictions or governing law) and I looked (and...
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Robertson, Catharine
catharinerob...
Jun 5, 2007 3:46 pm
Hi all, I've been charged with figuring out which thesaurus to use for graphics on our web site. I think perhaps the Library of Congress Thesaurus of Graphic...
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Linda Kenny Sloan
lksloan
Jun 5, 2007 8:46 pm
I am new to this list and am learning as much as I can about taxonomy development. I have an MLIS from San Jose State University with 2 projects in library...
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Seth Earley
seth_earley
Jun 5, 2007 10:56 pm
Welcome Linda. This is a good place to find opportunities. Seth Seth Earley President _____________________________ EARLEY & ASSOCIATES, Inc. Cell:...
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Melanie Kendell
melaniekendell
Jun 7, 2007 3:27 am
... To allow flexibility, is there any way to allow contributors to allocate a geographical grouping to a piece of content but have the system break that down...
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Linda Kenny Sloan
lksloan
Jun 11, 2007 4:30 am
There is a new book out titled "Organising Knowledge: Taxonomies, Knowledge and Organisational Effectiveness" By Patrick Lambe (Feb. 2007) Has anybody heard of...
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Heather Hedden
hbhedden
Jun 11, 2007 3:56 pm
Hi Linda, I had noticed the book, too. I have arranged to review it for Key Words, the bulletin of the American Society of Indexers, but I have yet to receive...
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Karen Griffiths
caeryngriffi...
Jun 12, 2007 6:56 am
Hi All, A quick introduction and on to a question: I have been a freelance book indexer for the past 5 years and I have also been working for a PPC search...
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Patrick Lambe
plambe2002
Jun 12, 2007 7:56 am
Hi Heather, Linda My ears are burning! I'm collecting reviewer comments as I come across them, at the book's website www.organisingknowledge.com with links to...
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Linda Kenny Sloan
lksloan
Jun 12, 2007 1:31 pm
Karen, Try this Select the list terms you need to sort Use the Table menu and click on Sort. This should do the job, if not, try copying to a seperate file to...
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Katherine Bertolucci
isisinform
Jun 12, 2007 2:01 pm
Hi All -- Unfortunately Word's sort feature does not eliminate initial articles, such as a, an and the. Word is a pretty complex piece of software, they could...
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Gail Rayburn
gsrayburn
Jun 12, 2007 2:51 pm
Lisa and group: We have not yet decided on a vendor, but Teragram is being considered. Since you are all Teragram users, I wanted to know if the Teragram ...
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Smith, Lisa
lisacabisa
Jun 12, 2007 3:37 pm
Cc-ing the Teragram User's Group in this response in case there are members whose affilitations do not cross over. You might want to join the Teragram User's...
