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The seven courses in the Knowledge Base Editing series are currently available in a variety of formats: Web-based, face-to-face, and on-site. All include instructor mentoring and the creation of knowledge base deliverables — e.g. reports, catalogs, document archives, A - Z indexes, controlled vocabularies, thesauri, topic maps — using a Web-based lab. Optional follow-up products and services include customized versions of the Lab software, assistance in preparing a knowledge base publishing "roadmap," and a train-the-trainer program (see Montague Fellows in Knowledge Base Publishing).

Team instruction
Individuals can register for one or more courses, but we highly recommend a team approach, of 2 - 10 ten individuals. Discounts are available for more than 5 participants. For additional savings, you can license your staff to teach the courses in house (see the Fellows program).

	Introduction to Knowledge Base Publishing The business case for Knowledge Base Publishing. Best practices for organization and staffing. How to create a basic knowledge base for a single business domain that includes a document repository, controlled vocabulary, and expertise database.
	Taxonomies, search & SharePoint How to create and use taxonomies and metadata to enhance information retrieval in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS).
	Creating and using business taxonomies How to create an organization scheme (taxonomy) for a business application or a single domain.
	Metadata and search How and when to use a full text search engine in conjunction with other retrieval and navigation tools. How to integrate a taxonomy with a metadata-aware search engine.
	Organizing and managing images How to create and modify an organization scheme for electronic images. How to set up an efficient image archive. How to manipulate and transform images for print, Web, and database publishing.
	Integrating taxonomies How to bridge interdisciplinary gaps with mapped thesauri (cross references between two different vocabularies). How to standardize personal, organizational, and product names (authority files).
	Information modeling and metadata management How to develop an efficient knowledge base publishing architecture. How to adapt, extend, and integrate existing technical, organizational, and topical information models. Pros and cons of various modeling methods.

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