Good morning, I'm looking for a graduate-level introductory course in XML to take as an elective for my M.A. program. I've found a few courses, but nothing...
... Hi John, Yes, I agree it looked like a naive way to address this issue, but what I was trying to ask is: are there any general guidelines or good practices...
... Hi Renato - I'm sorry, I meant no offense - really, I shouldn't post late in the day. 19 is the number of dimensions in my framework and it seems to me...
Hi Renato, Patrick was right with his answer of "it depends" (a typical consultant answer that I swear by)... But of course you're looking for more :) I wrote...
Dear KM/IC Colleague: I hope all is well. I thought that you would be interested in this recent paper on journal rankings within the field of knowledge...
... Hello again, Renato I recently joined this group for a couple of reasons: One is to find out where the taxonomy community is headed. Two is to find out...
... Renato, I would like you to reconsider the scope of your question. As practitioners, we have found that classification structures vary depending on the...
Hi TaxoCoP, SLA is entertaining the idea of creating a taxonomy division. There is a petition link in the forwarded message below, as well as a wiki at ...
I think this is great. I'm not an SLA member yet, but am thinking of joining now. I contacted Tom Rink, named below, to ask if there was a deadline for the...
When developing a metadata schema and associated encoding schemes for a set of resources - and assuming that the resources do not have an existing plan to be...
I'm about to embark on a small project to develop Use Cases for the creation and management of controlled vocabularies. As there are so many vocabulary...
Re: [TaxoCoP] Deciding to use/not use DC At 11:20 AM -0400 7/6/09, David Snyder wrote: When developing a metadata schema and associated encoding schemes for a...
Dear Txonomy COP As per Seth's intro email, I am introducing my self as a new member of the group. My name is Jed Cawthorne, and I am a 'Senior SharePoint...
Invitation Please join us for our monthly Taxonomy Community of Practice Call. This month's session discusses the Metadata Maturity Survey Findings. Date:...
Dear Taxonomy COP I would like to introduce myself as a new member of the group. My name is John Hall, and I am an Assoc. Director at KPMG in the Knowledge...
... I'd like to extend a welcome to Gerard and John and to encourage all members of this list to read Lyn Robison's excellent paper on silo busting. The...
I've got to pipe in here about killing off the concept of metadata. Metadata does have a bad name sometimes as people tend to attach ill- conceived metadata...
Jim: I know this is an old topic, but I just ran across this new option the other day, as it's one of the projects up for voting on SourceForge as one of the...
The Software User Assistance group on LinkedIn now has over six hundred members. This can be a useful resource for networking, news, jobs, and discussions....
I agree with John Hall about metadata. I think we may be in need of clear definitions ourselves of exactly what we mean by metadata before we try to kill it...
... Mike: Agreed, after all, "I never metadata I didn't like." (not a quote from Will Rogers) ;-) ... Counting on end users in a large organization as the...
Well I guess we all know we can't kill it off, its too important :-) However as to terms being thrown around with loose abandon, thats down to education (as...
Hello, Does anyone know of research which discusses user engagement with subject terms/controlled vocabulary associated to content on a publisher site? I'm...
Sorry for the long delay getting back to the group. I've been on the last leg of a project and haven't seen the sunshine since I don't know when... Here's part...
Are taxonomists developing and maintaining "portfolios" these days? Haven't heard that one... There's so much "design" required by this position, makes me...
Active Navigation in the UK are hiring a full time client services executive to deliver an information organisation methodology supported with innovative...
Are you someone who writes on the subject of Information-Knowledge issues? Then Documentation Magazine (an online publication of the Documentation Sciences...
Hello, I'm putting together a presentation on taxonomies for Sharepoint developers down here in Sydney. I'd be interested in hearing the thoughts & reflections...
What SharePoint Does Well It provides the ability in the tool to manage site content It provides the ability in the tool to maintain folder hierarchies It...
Hi Matt Well, I am only four weeks into figuring out how to build out multiple taxonomies in SharePoint and I would have to answer your question “what does ...