Fifth Annual ASIS&T Information Architecture Summit - Breaking New Ground
27-29 February, 2004 - Austin, Texas

Intermediate/Advanced Taxonomy and Metadata Design
Friday, Half Day Session

Amy J. Warner, Ph.D., www.lexonomy.com, awarner@lexonomy.com

As use of taxonomies and metadata are maturing on the web, people are becoming increasingly sophisticated in their understanding and use of these. This workshop is intended as a follow-on to the basic workshop, or as a workshop for those who have already built search vocabularies and navigation schemes and want to further hone their skills and knowledge.

We will cover the following in this workshop:

1. Content Analysis: We will cover the steps required in a content analysis and how it can potentially result in a complete metadata table, covering all aspects of content objects that are to be tagged, including those used for content management and workflow.
   
   
2. User Testing: Where user testing fits into metadata and taxonomy design both near the beginning and near the end of the development process.
   
   
3. Facet Analysis & Organization of Vocabularies: How to perform a facet analysis to divide a significant number of vocabulary terms into a set of basic categories, and how to identify good relationships between them.
   
   
4. Advanced Topics in Software and Management: How the software for automatic classification works and where you might want to use it, as well as thesaurus management packages and strategies for managing a dynamic vocabulary.
   
   

This workshop will include a case study as a way to practically follow the entire process described above and give attendees practical examples to understand and follow.