Taxonomy Strategies

In the past, data management and content management have been quite distinct, but that is changing since most information forms today include structures that are amenable to automated processing. It's now more useful to describe content items using a continuum from being more to less structured. You can learn more about content structure and other aspects of information management at the link included in this post below. And please let me know in the comments if there's any area of information management you're interested in hearing about more. - Joseph Busch https://lnkd.in/eCvFtPwt #DataManagement #InformationManagement #KnowledgeManagement #AutomatedProcessing #Content #ContentStructure

It's important to fully understand the differences between data management and content management in your organization. Having clear distinctions can be critical to improving your information management. I cover this subject at length at the link provided below. https://lnkd.in/eCvFtPwt Feel free to have a look, and let me know in the comments if you noticed anything particularly useful to your organization. - Joseph Busch #datamanagement #contentmanagement #informationmanagement

Do you know exactly what types of information your organization is managing? A common way to scope the types of information sources that an organization needs to manage is to look at the key business functions or activities of the organization and the types of information that are produced or consumed in accomplishing each function. You can learn more about what that looks like at the following link. On that same page, we also dive into other aspects of improving information management. https://lnkd.in/eCvFtPwt Please feel free to let me know what you think in the comments! - Joseph Busch #InformationManagement #information #taxonomy

This is happening Sunday!

Taxonomy Strategies Sponsors Dublin Core Conference Why does Taxonomy Strategies sponsor Dublin Core? DCMI 2024 will be the 22nd International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications. Dublin Core has been a go-to meeting for us because it brings together metadata and taxonomy researchers from around the world to discuss important issues and developments. The theme of this year’s Dublin Core meeting is “Trust, Transformation, and Humanity.” It will explore the relationships of metadata with AI technologies, focusing on strategies for ensuring trustworthy AI, combating misinformation, and fostering the role of metadata in responsible knowledge representation. These are the same aspirations we have when we plan and develop projects with our clients to articulate their information and knowledge management use cases and design metadata frameworks and taxonomy strategies that meet their requirements. These solutions need to incorporate and respond to the technical ecosystem in an appropriate way that is measurable, scalable, and sustainable. Join me on October 20-23 at the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada. Early registration for the conference is $500 before September 19, and $600 thereafter. https://lnkd.in/gDMJQjCi Registration includes participation in the NKOS Workshop or any other Workshops on Sunday, October 20. https://lnkd.in/gfTRscbY - Joseph Busch #taxonomy #dublincore

I was recently able to contribute to an article by Judith Lamont, Ph.D. for KMWorld in which Dr. Lamont explains how taxonomies are foundational to knowledge management. It's an excellent examination of the topic, and within it, I was able to discuss the impact of metadata and taxonomy on things like analytics and generative AI. I hope you enjoy the full article at the link below. Feel free to let me know your thoughts in the comments! - Joseph Busch

Do you KNOW about this workshop? Since 1997, the NKOS Workshop has been a forum for the presentation, discussion, and improvement of work on the application of knowledge organization systems (KOS) in information services. The next Workshop will be held at the International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications (DCMI2024) on Sunday, October 20 from 9:00AM-5:00PM EDT in Toronto, Canada. Participation can be in person or virtual. The workshop will include demonstrations of working applications and prototypes in action, pre-recorded “live” demos, and the evaluation of results from applications. The demonstrations are organized into four groups—large language models (LLMs), knowledge graphs, machine learning (ML), and AI and KOS. The fee for in-person participation is included in your DCMI 2024 registration or is $150 for just the NKOS Workshop (registration fee increases after September 19.) Virtual participation requires registration but is free. Register here > https://lnkd.in/eBm89DjT Taxonomy Strategies is a sponsor of DCMI 2024 and the NKOS Workshop. We support and practice standards-based approaches to scalable information management and sustainable information use. Hope to see you there! - Joseph Busch #nkos #DCMI #Knowledge #KOS #Knowledgeorganizing #knowledgeorganizingsystem #LLM #ML #languagelearningmodels #knowledgegraphs #machininglearning #ai

Maintaining a taxonomy requires a team! This team is typically made up of an Executive Sponsor, a Taxonomy Manager, Content Owners, and Content Managers. Assigning and documenting these roles is critical to keeping a taxonomy healthy and functional. You can learn more about the Roles and Responsibilities of the various team members on our page about Taxonomy Governance at the link. - Joseph Busch #taxonomy #taxonomygovernance #enterprisetaxonomy #datagovernance

As you establish your company's Taxonomy Governance Team, you'll want to create a brief Value Statement and Team Charter. This way, you'll have your goals and objectives in writing, as well as identifying the taxonomy scope and the governance team's responsibilities. For a quick example of each, you can check out the section on Value Statements at the link below. If you have these already, please feel free to share them in the comments! - Joseph Busch #taxonomy #taxonomygovernance #valuestatement

A team should be established to oversee taxonomy governance if your organization uses taxonomies. There are many value propositions for creating a taxonomy governance team: - Improve search - Be responsive to target audiences - Provide the capability to measure results - Mitigate risks - Facilitate complete and consistent content tagging - Enable content oversight, monitoring, and improvement Does your organization have a taxonomy governance team? You can read more about taxonomy governance best practices at the link. - Joseph Busch #taxonomy #taxonomygovernance #datagovernance #enterprisetaxonomy