Taxonomies: Practical Approaches to Developing and Managing Vocabularies for Digital Information

Author:   Helen Lippell
Publisher:   Facet Publishing
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9781783304820


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   26 May 2022
Format:   Hardback
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Taxonomies: Practical Approaches to Developing and Managing Vocabularies for Digital Information


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Author:   Helen Lippell
Publisher:   Facet Publishing
Imprint:   Facet Publishing
ISBN:  

9781783304820


ISBN 10:   1783304820
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   26 May 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

Foreword Heather Hedden Introduction Helen Lippell Part 1 Getting Started 1 Business Buy-in and Scoping Maura Moran 2 Choosing Taxonomy Software Joyce van Aalten Part 2 Building Taxonomies 3 Taxonomy Structuring and Scaling: A Standardised Approach Jonathan Engel 4 The Diversity of Terms: Respecting Culture and Avoiding Bias Bharat Dayal Sharma 5 Relationships, Hierarchies and Semantics Bob Kasenchak 6 User Testing and Validation Tom Alexander 7 Taxonomy and Vocabulary Interoperability Yonah Levenson 8 Everything that Will Go Wrong in your Taxonomy Project Ed Vald Part 3 Applications 9 Enterprise Search Michele Jenkins 10 Taxonomy and Digital Asset Management Sara James and Jeremy Bright 11 Powering Structured Content with Taxonomies Rahel Anne Bailie 12 Information Architecture and E-commerce Margaret Hanley Part 4 Business Adoption 13 Implementing Taxonomies and Metadata: Lessons from a Busy Newsroom Annette Feldman 14 Taxonomy Governance Cynthia Knowles 15 Taxonomy Maintenance Helen Challinor 16 The Taxonomist’s Role in a Development Team Jo Kent Appendix A: Metadata Template to Capture Taxonomy Term Diversity Bharat Dayal Sharma Appendix B: Semantics: Some Basic Ontological Principles Bob Kasenchak Appendix C: Metadata Model Template Yonah Levenson Glossary Bob Kasenchak and Helen Lippell

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Helen Lippell is a taxonomy consultant with more than 15 years’ experience in the field. Her clients have included Electronic Arts, Pearson, the BBC, the Department for International Trade, the Financial Times, Philips, and the Metropolitan Police. She has been the programme chair of Taxonomy Boot Camp London since its inception in 2016, and speaks and writes regularly for taxonomy practitioners.

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