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Metadata: Defining & Harnessing

Metadata: Defining & Harnessing. Ron Daniel, Jr. Principal, Taxonomy Strategies LLC . Metadata and Taxonomy. Each list is a “controlled vocabulary”. The Taxonomy is the set of all the controlled vocabularies. . Audience Internal Executives Managers External Suppliers Customers

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Metadata: Defining & Harnessing

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  1. Metadata: Defining & Harnessing Ron Daniel, Jr. Principal, Taxonomy Strategies LLC

  2. Metadata and Taxonomy Each list is a “controlled vocabulary”. The Taxonomy is the set of all the controlled vocabularies. Audience Internal Executives Managers External Suppliers Customers Partners Topics Employee Services Compensation Retirement Insurance Further Education Finance and Budget Products and Services Support Services Infrastructure Supplies Metadata Title Author Department Audience Topic Metadata is data about data – in our case it is a set of fields of library catalog-like data about published content..

  3. Main Ingredients Meal Type Cuisines Cooking Methods • Chocolate • Dairy • Fruits • Grains • Meat & Seafood • Nuts • Olives • Pasta • Spices & Seasonings • Vegetables • Breakfast • Brunch • Lunch • Supper • Dinner • Snack • African • American • Asian • Caribbean • Continental • Eclectic/ Fusion/ International • Jewish • Latin American • Mediterranean • Middle Eastern • Vegetarian • Advanced • Bake • Broil • Fry • Grill • Marinade • Microwave • No Cooking • Poach • Quick • Roast • Sauté • Slow Cooking • Steam • Stir-fry Metadata and Faceted Taxonomies 42 values to maintain (10+6+11+15) 9900 combinations (10x6x11x15)

  4. What makes a bad taxonomy? The animals are divided into:(a) belonging to the emperor,(b) embalmed, (c) tame, (d) sucking pigs, (e) sirens, (f) fabulous, (g) stray dogs, (h) included in the present classification,(i) frenzied, (j) innumerable, (k) drawn with a very fine camelhair brush, (l) et cetera, (m) having just broken the water pitcher, (n) that from along way off look like flies. Jorge Luis Borges, " THE ANALYTICAL LANGUAGE OF JOHN WILKINS"Works in 3 volumes (in Russian). St. Petersburg, "Polaris", 1994. V. 2: 87.

  5. Facets simplify hierarchies

  6. Metadata used in search

  7. Universal facets and partial facets

  8. Limits on facet displays Most facets are hidden!

  9. Modern websites rely on metadata

  10. Who decides what metadata is needed?

  11. Where does metadata come from?

  12. What does it cost to create metadata? Consider complexity of facet and ambiguity of content to estimate time per value. Machine-filled fields have costs too. Is this field worth the cost? Estimated cost of tagging one item. This can be reduced with automation, but cannot be eliminated. Inspired by: Ray Luoma, BAU Solutions

  13. Can we get machines to make metadata for us?

  14. How much metadata do I need?

  15. Can we get machines to make taxonomies for us?

  16. Can we get users to make taxonomies for us?

  17. Where else might we find taxonomies?

  18. Um, is someone managing all this?

  19. How do I start?

  20. Contact Info Ron Daniel, 925-368-8371 rdaniel@taxonomystrategies.com

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