Integrating Taxonomy with CMS – Book Chapter in Publication

The final draft has been submitted… Mark your calendars…
The Information Management Best Practices 2009 book is going to publication this week, in hopes of being ready for launch at the J.Boye Conference in Aarhus, Denmark, Nov 2-4. I’ll be there, giving a talk on SharePoint IA, but also to lend a hand with the book [...]

Social Tagging – Questions Answered on Correction Tools and Vendors

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of giving a presentation on taxonomy vs. folksonomy in the enterprise to the Deloitte Social Tagging & Taxonomy Community of Practice, thanks to an invitation by fellow taxonomy enthusiasts Annie Wang and Lee Romero.
It was a fun presentation (a variation on this talk) and the audience asked some [...]

OASIS Approves UIMA – the first standard for accessing Unstructured Information

Early last month, OASIS announced the approval of the Unstructured Information Management Architecture Version 1.0. This standard creates an open method for accessing unstructured information – that is, any information that is created by and for people, and is not inherently machine-readable (e.g., not data).

MOSS 2007 Requirements Gathering: Fast and Focused

Since Microsoft Office SharePoint Server is a mature platform for collaboration, content management and portals, companies can implement the package without much planning or even requirements gathering. Too often, the IT department is assigned the task of technically implementing SharePoint, with little context for its use or its potential value to the organization. The individuals [...]

SharePoint 2007 – Implementing and Managing Taxonomy

We’ve been doing a lot of work with SharePoint lately so I thought I’d put together a quick post on some approaches to implementing taxonomies in the new version. As you may or may not know, MOSS 2007 (or Microsoft Office SharePoint Server) is quickly becoming the new platform of choice for many organizations. This [...]