Getting Started with Business Taxonomy Design.ppt

1、Getting Started with Business Taxonomy Design,Joseph A. Busch, Principal, Taxonomy Strategies LLC Lisa Butcher, Principal, Project Performance Corp.,Who we are: Joseph Busch,Over 25 years in the business of organized information. Founder, Taxonomy Strategies LLC Director, Solutions Architecture, Int

2、erwoven VP, Infoware, Metacode Technologies (acquired by Interwoven, November 2000) Program Manager, Getty Foundation Manager, Pricewaterhouse Metadata and taxonomies community leadership. President, American Society for Information Science Rockwell Automation, Columbia University, Government of Ber

3、muda, Department of Defense DFAS, Society for Human Resource Management and many other Fortune 1000, government agencies, foundations and associations. PPCs iterative methodology focuses on defining real value for the end user with smart and simple solutions.,What we do,What we do,Organize Stuff,Who

4、 are you?,Your Role Content Manager Editor Information Architect Usability Expert Librarian Records Manager Knowledge Engineer Ontologist Chief Information Officer Communications Administration,Industrial Sector Financial Services Banking systematics. Division into ordered groups, categories, or hie

5、rarchies.,Examples of taxonomy used to populate metadata fields,Metadata Title Author Department Audience Topic,Topics Employee Services Compensation Retirement Insurance Further Education Finance and Budget Products and Services Support Services Infrastructure Supplies,Metadata Values (As Taxonomy)

6、,Audience Internal Executives Managers External Suppliers Customers Partners,Explaining traditional taxonomies,Biological/Medical/Library Science Taxonomies An overall organizational system with many branches or sub-branches that organizes their world of information. Extremely rigid approach Purely

7、subject-oriented. Consistent and methodical. Every item has one and only one correct categorization.,“Instantive” Categorization Approach Defined by “is a” relationships each child category is an instance of the parent category. “Pure” taxonomic approach.,KingdomAnimalia PhylumChordata ClassReptilia

8、 OrderSquamata FamilyColubridae GenusPituophis SpeciesCatenifer,Defining the business taxonomy,Categorization structure designed by and for business users Business users as primary taggers/content contributors Business users (or their constituents) as primary consumers Used for both (or either) prim

9、ary or secondary categorization: Primary: Navigation, Management Secondary: Search, Tagging,“ When we talk about a taxonomy, we are not only talking about a website navigation scheme. Websites change frequently, we are looking at a more durable way to deal with content so that different navigation s

10、chemes can be used over time.” R. Daniel “Taxonomy FAQs”,Characteristics of Business Taxonomies,Tend to be less rigid and constrained. Influenced by usability concerns Minimize number of “clicks” Often content-driven Ensure balanced content distribution. Allow flexibility, redundancy Items may be organized into multiple categories. May support multiple taxonomies for disparate audiences. May us