This Member Q&A article summarizes responses
to the question ""What's the difference between the role of
taxonomist and the role of information architect?"
This month's entries include articles on the role
of the information architect, history and impact of Wikipedia, Yahoo's
purchase of Flickr, and the story behind Connotea, a
free online reference management and social bookmarking service for
scientists.
Don't miss the opportunity to discuss information
infrastructure with Denise Bedford, senior information officer at the
World Bank Group and instructor at Catholic University and Georgetown
University. Attendance is limited, so reserve your spot soon.
Members get-together September
13, 2005 (Enfield, CT)
A day of informal networking and envisioning the
future for members of the Society of Knowledge Base Publishers. There
is no charge for this event. Part of the schedule will be allotted for
teleconference participation.
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.
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.
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.
