http://sethearley.wordpress.com Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:54:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been lurking on the IAI's mailing list for some time now, but recently someone posted a question that I just couldn't resist answering: We are getting ready to roll out a new faceted search option and I’ve been asked to make recommendations regarding the order of the facets and their ... http://sethearley.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/ordering-facets/ I just finished moderating the Digital Motion Picture Metadata Symposium at AMPAS.  The day covered all aspects of metadata from pre-production through production, post, distribution and archiving. We had presenters from Pixar, Sony Pictures, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Marvel Studios,  Warner Brothers, CNRI, Gracenote and the Library of Congress. We ... http://sethearley.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/academy-of-motion-picture-arts-and-sciences-metadata-symposium/ I had the great pleasure of doing a podcast a few weeks ago with Paul Miller, podcaster for Nodalities (magazine & blog), on hybrid approaches to folksonomy and taxonomy and their role in the enterprise. We discussed the now tired debate of folksonomy vs. taxonomy, and focused on the strengths and ... http://sethearley.wordpress.com/2009/06/11/podcast-on-folksonomy-taxonomy-in-the-enterprise/ Thanks to my wife, I've been learning a little bit about systems engineering, a form of engineering that addresses the complex interactions of multiple systems. As she says, you need to consider systems engineering when the interrelationships between systems are as complicated as the systems themselves. For example, to reduce ... http://sethearley.wordpress.com/2009/06/04/forest-for-the-trees/