Taxonomies

Name: Taxonomies
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9781783304813
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Practical Approaches to Developing and Managing Vocabularies for Digital Information

Summary

As organisations embrace digital transformation, Taxonomies: Practical Approaches to Developing and Managing Vocabularies for Digital Information offers a thorough guide to building and managing taxonomies. Featuring insights from world-leading experts, it covers essential stages such as scoping, user testing, validation, and governance, aiding professionals in optimising content and data management.
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Ideal for corporate information professionals, library and information science students, taxonomists, and anyone involved in digital information management and organisational knowledge systems.

Taxonomies is a curated anthology of case studies of taxonomy projects that showcases the incredible breadth and depth of work being done by taxonomists across many different types of sectors and organisations. The book aims to inspire and educate anyone who needs to organise information and data.

Description

As organisations across the globe commit to digital transformation, well-managed taxonomies are more critical than ever in supporting a wide range of business applications. Amidst growing industry uptake of controlled vocabularies, ontologies, and knowledge graphs, taxonomists are at the forefront of helping organisations manage content and data of unprecedented breadth, depth, and variety.

Taxonomies: Practical Approaches to Developing and Managing Vocabularies for Digital Information is a comprehensive guide to building, implementing, and using taxonomies. Featuring contributions and case examples from some of the world’s leading experts, the book supports professional development through practical advice and real-world case studies.

Readers will learn best practice for the everyday realities of working with stakeholders, sponsors, and systems to ensure that taxonomies remain useful and relevant. Addressing all the key stages of the process of building and implementing a taxonomy, including scoping, user testing and validation, and the creation of governance processes, the book is invaluable for the optimisation of systems for users and stakeholders alike.

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Technicalities praises the book as "a great book for corporate information professionals and managers and an excellent textbook for library and information science students ... a great addition to any technical services librarian’s bookshelf."

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781783304813

Publisher: Facet Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 May 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Facet Publishing

Contributors:

Edited by Helen Lippell

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 288

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Education & Reference Non-Fiction Science & Nature

About the Author

Helen Lippell is a taxonomy consultant with more than 15 years’ experience in the field. Her clients have included Electronic Arts, Pearson, the BBC, the Department for International Trade, the Financial Times, Philips, and the Metropolitan Police. She has been the programme chair of Taxonomy Boot Camp London since its inception in 2016, and speaks and writes regularly for taxonomy practitioners.