A vendor-neutral introduction to the tools and techniques
of creating, maintaining, and deploying taxonomies in business applications.
Includes Web-based text, references, examples, and access to a private
work area in our Taxonomy Lab.
A vendor-neutral introduction to the benefits, tools,
and techniques of integrating taxonomies. By "integration"
we mean bridging the gaps between disciplines and cultures as well as
making taxonomies available to navigation tools, incorporating them
into business applications, and including them in editorial work flow.
Includes access to our Web-based Taxonomy Lab.
Readers spend too much time and effort finding,
evaluating, and tracking. Authors, teachers, and other content creators
are still forced to work in a segmented environment where print, Web,
and database genres co-exist but don't mesh well. This article explores
the role of "desktop" databases in helping create a more comprehensive
and efficient reader experience.
REGULAR FEATURES
Best of BUSLIB-L
(the collected wisdom of the world's expert researchers)
A vendor-neutral introduction to the why and how
of integrating business taxonomies. By "integration" we mean
bridging the gaps between disciplines and cultures as well as making
taxonomies available to navigation tools, incorporating them into business
applications, and including them in editorial work flow. Includes access
to our Web-based Taxonomy Lab.
Taxonomies & search April 15/16, 2003 (Enfield,
CT)
How to improve web site navigation by integrating
metadata with a seach engine and designing complementary browse/search
tools. Based on our own experience with a metadata repository and the
Inktomi search engine. Includes access to our Web-based Taxonomy Lab.
Designing with databases May 20/21, 2003 (Enfield,
CT)
How to use relational databases to design a vendor-neutral
information architecture, create value-added services, and streamline
content management. Includes access to our Web-based Taxonomy Lab.
ROUNDTABLES
"Case study: an ISO 9001-compatible taxonomy"
February 20, 2003 (virtual roundtable)
Margaret Campbell of Siemens will discuss how her
team created a product-process-project taxonomy.
