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Managing taxonomies in multiple languages is hard enough. When the content objects are photos, videos, and other graphics formats, the task becomes even more complicated. When General Motors bought Opel in 1929, it acquired a media collection with German metadata. Today, the GM Media Archive uses the Artesia Digital Asset Management System to catalog and index several collections for use by both English and German speakers.

In this roundtable, Julia Daniel, taxonomist for the GM Media Archive, will describe their work and share their best practices.

Julia Daniel is the taxonomy specialist in the GM Media Archive. She is responsible for creating a better user experience for Archive staff and corporate users. Prior to joining the Media Archive, Julia was the web master and senior information resources specialist at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, where she lead the web site re-design effort and developed a dynamic taxonomy and content management system using open source software tools. Julia has a B.A. and M.L.I.S. from Wayne State University.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This event is for practitioners only. Space is limited to permit everyone's active participation. Software vendors and systems integrators are welcome to attend but only in their role as practitioners.

This session will be of interest to corporate taxonomists, knowledge managers, search system administrators, Web publishers, information architects, and business unit managers who want to improve their staff's productivity.

DISCUSSION TOPICS
Our members have indicated an interest in discussing the following questions and topics. Participants are encouraged to ask additional questions during the session.

• What are the particular challenges of managing digital assets in a multi-lingual environment and how do you solve them?

• How do cultural differences (e.g. between an American firm and a German firm) affect taxonomy management?

• Why did you select Artesia as the taxonomy management software tool? Would you make the same choice today?

• What corporation applications (e.g. search, CMS) use taxonomy data? How is the taxonomy deployed to them (e.g. through direct access or XML export)?

• Who are your primary user groups? How do their different needs affect taxonomy management?

• What relationship, if any, do you have with other taxonomy and metadata initiatives at GM?

• How large is your staff? What kinds of background does the staff have?

• Do you do any user testing? If so, what kind and what do the results tell you?

• Do you face the issue of "selling" taxonomy to senior managers at budget time? If so, how do you do it?

FORMAT
The format is teleconference. Participants will receive a list of attendees, a password to access a list of members-only background articles on the Montague Institute Web site, and a toll-free phone number to join the teleconference.

COST
$400 per person (members), $650 per person (nonmembers). Nonmembers who register for this roundtable automatically become members of the Society of Knowledge Base Publishers.

Additional people from the same team can attend at a reduced rate of $325 (includes full Society membership).

DATE, TIME
April 15, 2008, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm Eastern, 8:00 am - 11:00 am Pacific

REGISTRATION
To register, call (413) 367-0245. We can fax a pro forma invoice, and we accept Mastercard, Visa, American Express, Discover, and Diner's Club. Regardless of method, we must receive payment prior to the event.

Created on December 24, 2007 l Updated on February 25, 2008

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