As the struggle to find information continues, more and more people
are recognizing that an absolutely necessary step is to organize
their content using taxonomies, metadata and other knowledge organization
elements. Taxonomies in particular are becoming a favored approach
to organizing content. Unfortunately, it is not always clear what
a taxonomy is, how best to develop one, and where taxonomy development
and maintenance fits into the overall enterprise.
This workshop will look at taxonomy in a broad set of contexts
to both avoid some of the common misunderstandings abut taxonomies
and to learn to develop truly useful taxonomies. It will present
how to develop and utilize deep formal taxonomies that are often
used for indexing, searching, and as part of a metadata initiative.
And it will present how to develop and utilize what are often called
browse taxonomies that provide contextually rich browsing to information
that needs to be built upon solid user and usability research.
This workshop will also present how to locate and integrate taxonomy
and metadata development within the enterprise – questions
of who, what, why, and how – the issues associated with governance,
maintenance, and benefits. It will provide best practice guidelines
and discuss in detail the specific tasks associated with metadata
development, from user research to usability testing. The workshop
will also review the types of tools that are available for supporting
the development process.
The workshop is designed for a wide range of audiences, including
content owners and publishers, information architecture and usability
staff, librarians, managers of content-related activities and IT
staff members who are responsible for the applications that support
metadata structures.
- Insure that your Web sites and applications support knowledge
worker productivity
- Gain familiarity with the metadata and taxonomy development
processes.
- Understand the implications of manual development versus use
of tools that are currently available in the marketplace
- Take away a clear understanding of the resources and budget
associated with development
The workshop covers the following topics:
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Day 1:
- Why a knowledge organization strategy is required
- Terminology and definitions
- Metadata Standards
- Formal Taxonomies and Controlled Vocabularies
- Browse Taxonomies – Beyond content –
user research
- Metadata and taxonomy best practices
- Metadata and taxonomy development process
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Day 2:
- Review of Day 1
- Evaluation of available tools
- Putting together a taxonomy team
- An Integrated Approach – Develop, Buy, Customize
Taxonomies
- Metadata and Taxonomy in Action:
- Governance options
- Maintenance and change control
- Life cycle of taxonomy initiatives
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The workshop is a mixture of lectures, assignments and project
work. It also includes games and puzzles to make the sessions more
interactive and to help participants retain the concepts. Participants
learn the concepts behind the design of user interfaces and to apply
these concepts in the product development and evaluation process.
2 days (9 am to 5 pm)
- Call us at 65-63271545
- Email us at
training@microusability.com
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