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June 2005


ARTICLES
Enterprise architecture roundtable summary
On June 22, Society members from the U. S., the U.K., and Canada met to discuss how they create, manage, maintain, and integrate metadata for multiple information systems. We asked Denise Bedford, Senior Information Officer of the World Bank Group, to describe her experiences and respond to questions. This article summarizes her presentation and the ensuing discussion.
 
DIGEST
Knowledge Base Editor's Digest
This month's entries include articles on how mass collaboration is changing the business environment, collaborative citizen journalism, and 6 trends affecting the information explosion.
 
REGULAR FEATURES
Best of the Lists (including Best of BUSLIB-L)
Emerging technology sources
 
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
KM collaboration with outside counsel October 18, 2005 (New York, NY)
In 1992, DuPont decided to revamp its relationships with suppliers of legal services. The result was the DuPont Legal Model, a collaborative network of DuPont's primary law firms, service providers, and consultants. In 2003 alone, the model was credited with saving DuPont $33.8 million. Julie Mazza, Director of Legal Expense Control at Citigroup (formerly DuPont's Manager of Law Firm Partnering), will tell us how it works and why other large firms are adopting it.
 
Members get-together September 13, 2005 (Enfield, CT)
Get acquainted with other Society members and brainstorm ideas that will shape the future of the information disciplines. Registration is free, but we ask that you contribute one idea or topic for the agenda.
 
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, and 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.