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Taxonomy Champions
It’s always good to have someone on staff at a client site when working on the analysis phase of a taxonomy project. It used to be unheard of, but now it’s becoming more the norm to have at least one...
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Tips and Techniques for SharePoint Users: SLA Webinar
In this webinar hosted by the Competitive Intelligence and Taxonomy Divisions of the Special Libraries Association, Mike Doane and Zena Appelbaum present an exciting range of advice, tactics, and...
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When It’s Time to Retire Tags: Deprecating Taxonomy Terms in SharePoint 2010
Building a taxonomy in SharePoint 2010 can be a fantastic way to improve content findability and enhance search results using tags from a controlled vocabulary. However, even the best tags can...
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Using “Other Labels” to Help Users Apply the Correct Tag
When tagging documents in SharePoint 2010, users may not always know the correct terms to apply – the terms established in your Term Store taxonomy. They may, to take a classic example, want to apply...
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Using Taxonomies for Auto-classifying Content in an ECM
Ever wonder how to make your taxonomies more useful in your enterprise content management system? For example, if you’re using SharePoint 2010, taxonomies can be made more valuable if content can be...
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Using Taxonomies to Drive Intranet User Adoption
Many companies face the challenge of getting their customers the right product at the right time. And many companies employ a taxonomy to help drive product sales and improve findability on...
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Governing a Taxonomy in an Enterprise CMS
The more time I spend with clients working on taxonomies within a CMS, the more I realize that the real challenge isn’t technical per se (even though CMS platforms out there aren’t really “taxonomy...
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Information Management: 5 Taxonomy Must Haves for Your Organization
The art and science of organizing terms and terminology – taxonomy — has recently gained a lot of buzz in corporate tech circles, so much so that taxonomy consultants like me no longer have to explain...
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Creating and Managing Taxonomies in SharePoint 2010: User Questions
Sure, SharePoint 2013 is almost here (and already here for some of you), but lots of companies are just now getting up to speed with SharePoint 2010 – and getting their first exposure to the Term Store...
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Creating and Managing Taxonomies in SharePoint 2010: User Questions, Part II
This is the second of two posts addressing common, and important, questions concerning the development and implementation of a taxonomy in SharePoint 2010. (Here’s the previous post). Sure, we know...
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Import a Term Set in the SharePoint 2010 Term Store
Importing a term set into an existing term group can be achieved in seconds. Within given term groups you can import built-out term sets with the click of a button. From this point it is a matter of...
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Creating a Taxonomy Governance Checklist
Due to the dynamic nature of human language, good taxonomies must grow and change over time in order to remain relevant to their target users: people trying to find information. The life cycle of a...
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Taxonomy Governance: The Term Update Process
Steps in the Term Update Process The importance of good taxonomy governance was discussed in our last post: Creating a Taxonomy Governance Checklist. With a complete taxonomy in-hand, intelligent...
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Effective Taxonomy Governance, Part 1: The Taxonomist’s Role
by Brian LeBlanc, Term Management Taxonomist The key to successfully creating, implementing and maintaining a taxonomy in an organization is having an effective Taxonomy Governance Plan. The governance...
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SharePoint 2013: Bulk editing metadata in a Document Library
Bulk editing metadata tags in a SharePoint 2010 Document Library was a tantalizing dream. We thought we could do it using the Datasheet View, but were disappointed when we were told “No way.” Enter...
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Effective Taxonomy Governance, Part 2: They System’s Role
by Brian LeBlanc, Term Management Taxonomist The key to successfully creating, implementing and maintaining a taxonomy in an organization is having an effective Taxonomy Governance Plan. The governance...
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Effective Taxonomy Governance, Part 3: The Enterprise’s Role
by Brian LeBlanc, Term Management Taxonomist The key to successfully creating, implementing and maintaining a taxonomy in an organization is having an effective governance plan. The governance plan is...
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Create New Thesaurus Project Using PoolParty
Taxonomist Gaby Nicas shows us step-by-step how to create a new thesaurus project using the PoolParty Thesaurus Server (See: http://www.poolparty.biz). This video explains the first steps you have to...
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The Nodes of the Hierarchy – PoolParty Tutorial #2
Taxonomist Gaby Nicas provides a quick tour and explanation of the terminology used and the features found in the different nodes of a thesaurus project hierarchy in PoolParty. Learn the difference...
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Tour of Project Nodes Tabs – PoolParty Tutorial #3
Taxonomist Gaby Nicas provides an overview of the features and functions found under the PoolParty Project Node menu tabs. This video is part of a series of short tutorials which gives you insight into...
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