Knowledge
Base Publishing is an integrative discipline concerned with creating
a productive environment for people who do knowledge work. While
traditional publishing is linear and segmented, knowledge base publishing
is web-like, interconnected, and integrated into work flow.
This course draws on concepts from library science,
computer science, journalism, and relation information disciplines.
Using a We-based Lab, you will create a basic
knowledge base (metadata repository) that includes a document repository,
expertise database, and controlled vocabulary.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
At the end of the course, you should be able to:
do a needs analysis for a knowledge domain of your
choice;
create a document repository linked to an expertise
database;
create a controlled vocabulary of terms and categories;
classify documents using terms and categories;
create retrieval tools, such as an A - Z index,
topic hierarchy, lists, and advanced search.
WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS COURSE This course is designed for Web site publishers, content owners, knowledge
managers, technical writers, e-commerce managers, editors and others who
want to learn how to enhance and compliment the full text search function.
We recommend that an interdisciplinary team of two to
four people take the course together.
COURSE FORMAT The course is conducted via teleconference,
e-mail, and the Web.
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS You'll need Internet access and a Web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer
4 or later, Netscape 5 or later).
COURSE OUTLINE
Chapter 1: The business case for knowledge
base publishing?
What is a Knowledge Base?
What is Knowledge Base Publishing?
Chapter 2: Planning your knowledge base
Knowledge base components
How to create functional specifications (project
description, inputs, outputs)
How to select a planning model
Chapter 4: Architecture
What is architecture?
What's an ontology?
Knowledge Base relationships
Chapter 4: Knowledge Base applications
Contact lists
Messages and research notes
Bibliography
Subject hierarchy
A - Z index
Glossary
Additional applications
Chapter 5: How to create a knowledge base
Domain analysis
Domain description
Data collection
Review your work
Wrap-up
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Lab
The course requires you to select a project and gather Lab data
for a real-world application. To save time, most data can be imported
via Excel worksheets. The instructor will help you select and define
your project, assemble required data, and assist you in using a
private, passworded work area in the Web-based
Lab. Communication with the instructor is via phone and e-mail.
At the conclusion of the course, the instructor
will help you identify lessons learned. Your Lab data can be exported
and saved as an Excel file. After exporting, it will be permanently
deleted from our server unless you arrange for long term hosting.
You have 60 days to complete the Lab portion of the course.
You can contract for a custom, hosted version
of the Lab as well as a custom version to install on your own server.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR Jean Graef is a "boundary spanner"
with an interdisciplinary background as a manager, entrepreneur, librarian,
programmer, and journalist. She has been developing and conducting seminars
on cutting edge information topics since the early 1980's.
DATE & TIME You can start the Web course at any time and proceed at your own pace.
You do not have to wait for a class to form. The amount of work involved
is roughly equivalent to a semester's course at the graduate level. Most
people can complete the course in three to six months. To minimize the
time commitment without compromising the educational experience, you can:
take the course as an interdisciplinary team;
narrow the scope of your Lab project;
extract data from existing corporate systems when
possible;
submit Lab data on Excel worksheets for importing
instead of manually entering Lab data.
INSTRUCTIONAL OPTIONS This course can be taught by one of our
instructors on site at your facility (minimum 6 participants) or you can
become licensed to teach the course as a Montague
Fellow in Knowledge Base Publishing.
COST Entire course: $2,750 per person (nonmembers),
$2,500 per person (members of the Society of Knowledge
Base Publishers). Course fee now includes an upgraded version of the
Lab and up to 2 hours assistance via phone and/or e-mail from the instructor.
HOW TO REGISTER Call (413) 367-0245 to request a pro forma invoice
or provide a credit card number (we accept Visa, MasterCard, American
Express, Diners Club, and Discover).
Created on July 15, 2002 |
Modified on
February 27, 2008
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