Courses/Workshops
Taxonomies
Indexing
Web Site Indexing
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Hedden Information Management
Presentations
| Upcoming
presentations and workshops by Heather Hedden |
Past Presentations |
"Taxonomies for Human Versus Auto-Indexing"
Taxonomy Boot
Camp
Some taxonomies are used by human indexers or taggers, while other taxonomies
are linked to content by automated indexing (auto-categorization). This
difference in how the
taxonomy is used plays a significant role in how the taxonomy is constructed.
Usage influences how taxonomy concepts are defined, what kind and how
many variant (non preferred) terms are created, and how structured the
term relationships are. The indexing method also impacts the taxonomy
support tasks in policy development, rules writing, scope note writing,
and training.
Location: San Jose McEnery Convention Center, San Jose,
California
Date: Thursday, September 25, 2008 (first day of the
main two-day conference)
"Taxonomy and Thesaurus Creation" Full day workshop
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Simmons
College Graduate School of Library and Information Science Continuing
Education
Whether you need to create a taxonomy to organize information on a web
site, classify information in a content management system, establish a
controlled vocabulary for a periodical or database indexing project, or
simply understand how to use taxonomies better, this workshop will get
you on your way. You will learn recommended best practices for how to
create terms, relationships, and variants for different kinds of taxonomies
or controlled vocabularies, and will also introduce different software
tools for doing so.
Location: Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts
Date: Saturday, October 25, 2008
"Getting Off to a Strong Start with Your Search Taxonomy"
Gilbane Conference
on Content Management
How enterprises approach the planning, implementation and maintenance
of taxonomies for search is diverse and dependent on many factors. As
part of thef the panel session "Search Systems: Care and Feeding
for Optimal Results," this presentation looks at:
- Why have a taxonomy
- Deciding on the taxonomy scope, breadth and depth
- Deciding on the taxonomy user interface - alphabetical browse, hierarchical
tree, or search box
- Choosing the taxonomy source: build, buy or automate
- Taxonomy governance and maintenance issues
Location: Westin Copley Place, Boston, Massachusetts
Date: Thursday, December 4, 2008 (second day of the main
two-day conference)