I’ve got mixed feelings about the viability of the semantic web but this video is a great compilation of the challenges facing information discovery and possible options. It’s become way easier to create information than to manage it…
This is a follow on post to Taxonomy in MOSS (SharePoint Server 2007). Not everyone knows that you can manage columns at the site collection level and then re-use them across libraries. Also, whilst SharePoint doesn’t really do taxonomy management, you can use lists to perform some lightweight management, such as controlling what values are [...]
On 21st May 2008 I presented to an audience of taxonomy professionals within the UK public sector. The last session of the day, I had 30 minutes to present on “Taxonomy within Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS): Lessons learned from real-world deployments”. My aim was to briefly explain what MOSS can and cannot do [...]
In a report by NetworkWorld: 25 leading-edge IT research projects, there is an interesting feature that could significantly advance the world of information architecture, specifically classification of content. (If you click the link and read the article, it is item 15. There are some other gems in there too.) Researchers at Penn State University have [...]
Perhaps one of the loudest unspoken messages from the SharePoint conference held recently in Seattle was the need for information architects and managers to work more closely with their user interface (UI) and technology-focused counterparts. Thanks to the Internet, we are unlikely to see a downturn in the market for digital information in the foreseeable [...]
