Forgive me for not sending an intro first, I've been lurking here for ages, and this is the first time I've needed to ask a question of this knowledgeable...
If you "google" it you'll get lots of resources. Regards! ... -- Wesley A. Doak, MLIS. Partner and CTO Mouse Magic! Advanced Resources and Technologies •...
Hi, I'm a new member of the group and am new to taxonomy building also. I have experience in machine-translation development, maintaining MT lexicons for...
Well, I suppose the purpose of the group is to get perspective from one's community of fellow practitioners. I imagine we could Google any topic contained in...
Hi Lesley, welcome to the group. You may want to take a look at what the Environmental Health News is doing with their search. They have a faceted search...
Thank you. That's very helpful as there's so much to learn right now. Lesley _____ From: TaxoCoP@yahoogroups.com [mailto:TaxoCoP@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ...
I'm sorry I am not familiar with that particular classification scheme. There are no relevant search results on the first page of Google -- nor did I have more...
Thanks Kelly - it's not just Julie and me. :-) Wesley? Seth Earley President _____________________________ EARLEY & ASSOCIATES, Inc. Cell: 781-820-8080 ...
This discussion has me intrigued. My googling hasn't been especially productive (but I have a few hunches) so I want a bit more information: Could we have a...
Good day, all, I wonder if this could actually be the "7 plus-or-minus 3" rule? I have heard web production folks refer to this rule countless times when ...
... That is a blast from the past! This little rule refers to George Miller's 1956 article: The magical number seven, plus or minus two: some limits on our...
I always thought it was "7 plus or minus 2". Maybe it's grown to reflect an increase in user's short term memory Jordan Information Architect Edmunds.com ... ...
Well, I'm glad to know I'm not missing something obvious. I too wondered if it might be related to this usability rule. My customer's context is really a...
... have heard web production folks refer to this rule countless times when discussing the optimum number of keywords to display for the top level of a website...
The next 4-week session of the online workshop "Creating Website Indexes," part of Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science...
I am inclined to agree with Bob. As a rule, I like to have no more than three layers. However, it is not always possible to have seven or less categories in a...
Hello, folks. My name is Amy Renaud, and I am a linguist with a CogSci background. My current project is mapping the environmental domain with Lesley (another...
Recognition and who knows what other factors. This "rule" is one of my pet peeves. It's often cited as "authoritative" ... but with no authority behind it. ...
When I first read "7x3," I thought, immediately, that it was a reference to facets and orthogonality. But, more to the point, I would think, at the least, that...
Is 7 x 3 the dimensions of the Golden Mean. I'll look it up?? Jan ... From: Keipat Patkei <keipat1962@...> To: TaxoCoP@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday,...
I was quite wrong about the Golden Mean and 7 x 3 classification. The golden ratio is approximately 1.6180339887. In architecture and the arts it has been the...
Greetings; I'm a corporate librarian for Exelon Corp., assigned to consult diverse business units on several taxonomy development and knowledge management...
Welcome to the group and I'm delighted you found the book useful Bonnie - your comment made my day! Patrick Patrick Lambe website: www.straitsknowledge.com ...
Here is an interesting position that our client asked me to post. If you'd like some background you can send me a note off list. Seth Earley President ...
I guess the important thing is that the "7 + or - 2" rule has limited applicability to information architecture. Given that it was devised to describe short...
Has anyone here had any involvement or knowldge of taxonomy use/creation in science and technology fields other than medicine. I know of the NASA taxonomy that...
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