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Information modeling and metadata management An extensive revision of the fifth course in our Knowledge Base Publishing series.

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February 2005

ARTICLES
What to do about Google... (excerpt)
One member asks, "How do we position ourselves against Google, which is in essence, anti-classification/taxonomy? Or do we embrace it, and if so, how?" As we show in this article, there are times when Google works well. But because it's ubiquitous and deceptively easy to use, Google creates unrealistic expectations and fosters an over-simplified model of information work.
 
NEW FEATURE
Knowledge Base Editor's Digest
An expanded version of the Montague Institute's A - Z index now includes items from the Digest as well as references cited in Montague Institute Review articles.
This month's entries include articles on usability testing, information integration on the desktop, and trends in legal knowledge management.
 
REGULAR FEATURES
Best of the Lists (including Best of BUSLIB-L)
Sources for executive bios
 
How to get the most from our Web site (tutorial)
17 slides that contain an overview of our content and tips on how to use it.
 
Top 20 articles
Links to the 20 most popular articles on this site based on last month's server statistics.
 
ROUNDTABLES (see also the calendar listing)
Semantic integration strategies (March 22, 2005)
Peter Brown, Head of the Information Resources Management Unit at the European Parliament, will be the featured guest. Offered in both face-to-face and teleconference format.
 
Metadata, compliance, and the bottom line (April 26, 2005)
In this roundtable, Sandy Hostetter of Rohm and Haas tells how the program she manages — Electronic Content Management and Retention — is helping to lower the cost of legal discovery and produce higher quality financial reports through better metadata management and a common data architecture. See also "Why your CFO needs metadata management."
 
COURSES (see also the calendar listing)
Information modeling and metadata management any time (Web based course)
A hands-on course that shows you how to develop, evaluate, and use information models and metadata management tools. Models and tools include ontologies, topic maps, thesauri, metadata repositories, crosswalks and metadata maps, XML schema and style sheets, application interfaces.
 
Creating and using business taxonomies any time (Web-based course)
A hands-on course that covers the fundamentals of business taxonomies: how to do a needs analysis, create a controlled vocabulary, develop a thesaurus, and use taxonomy components in navigation. Includes personalized assistance from our instructors and supervised work on a real project in the Web-based Lab.
 
Integrating taxonomies any time (Web-based course)
A hands-on course that covers the creation and use of authorities as well as the development of two independent thesauri that are linked through cross references. Includes personalized assistance from our instructors and supervised work on a real project in the Web-based Lab.