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April 2002

ARTICLES
"The economics and ABCs of indexes" (abstract)
The role of A - Z indexes in publications and corporate intranets, cost/benefit considerations, and software tools for indexing. Full text (Society members only)
 
Mitre's subject taxonomy (PDF)
Betsy Cogliano's slide presentation gives an overview of the Mitre Corporation's approach to taxonomy.

REGULAR FEATURES
Best of BUSLIB-L(collected wisdom of the world's expert researchers)
Where to find shell companies
 
Digest: Managing intellectual assets
Annotated links to current articles and interesting Web sites. 
 
Top 20 articles
Links to the 20 most popular articles on this site based on last month's server statistics.
 
SEMINARS (see also the complete calendar for 2002)
 
Introduction to content management June 4 & 5, 2002 (Enfield, CT)
The seminar is a vendor-neutral introduction to the tools and techniques of acquiring, organizing, and publishing information in print, Web, and database formats. We approach content management from both the system designer's and the user's point of view. Practicum on the second day is a hands-on session where participants will create and deploy content using the seminar software.
 
Introduction to content management for chemistry-related industries June 25 & 26, 2002 (Mt. Kisco, NY))
The seminar is a vendor-neutral introduction to the tools and techniques of acquiring, organizing, and publishing information in print, Web, and database formats. The emphasis is on the special requirements of companies in chemistry-related companies, including pharmaceuticals, high performance materials, and others.
 
Introduction to business taxonomies July 23 & 24, 2002 (Enfield, CT)
A vendor-neutral introduction to the tools and techniques of creating, maintaining, and deploying taxonomies in business applications. Includes a single-user license for our taxonomy database software. Practicum on the second day is a hands-on session where participants will create taxonomy structures and applications.
 
Advanced business taxonomies, August 5 & 6, 2002 (Enfield, CT)
For people already familiar with the basics of business taxonomies, this vendor-neutral workshop focuses on such advanced topics as the metadata warehouse, centralization/decentralization strategies, the role of metadata in the firm's information architecture, in-depth look at various tools, and how to develop a "digital availability" model. Includes a single user license for our taxonomy database tool. Practicum on the second day is a hands-on session where participants will create taxonomy structures and applications.