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September 2005


ARTICLES
Taxonomy development: putting users first
In many cases, taxonomies are an after-thought, added to applications to supply the necessary metadata or grafted onto Web sites to bring order to the intranet chaos. But user-driven taxonomy development is already happening, as indicated by the growing popularity of "social tagging." In this article we look at how the changing needs of Montague Institute staff, members, and course participants have driven the development of taxonomies and navigation tools.
DIGEST
Knowledge Base Editor's Digest
This month's entries include a tutorial on enterprise information integration, an explanation of why trusted information advisors are more important than ever, and why the increased emphasis on collaboration is lengthening the time knowledge workers spend on the job.
 
REGULAR FEATURES
Best of the Lists (including Best of BUSLIB-L)
Mergers and acquisitions fees
International statistics
 
How to get the most from our Web site (tutorial)
17 slides that contain an overview of our content and tips on how to use it.
 
Top 20 articles
Links to the 20 most popular articles on this site based on last month's server statistics.
 
ROUNDTABLES
Dollars & cents of KM: The DuPont Legal Model story November 17, 2005 (virtual)
In 1992, DuPont decided to revamp its relationships with suppliers of legal services. The result was the DuPont Legal Model, a collaborative network of DuPont's primary law firms, service providers, and consultants. In 2003 alone, the model was credited with saving DuPont $33.8 million. DuPont Legal's Paralegal Manager and IT Manager will share the nuts and bolts of their experiences with us via teleconference.
 
COURSES (see also the calendar listing)
 
Information modeling and metadata management any time (Web-based course)
A hands-on course that shows you how to develop, evaluate, and use information models and metadata management tools. Models and tools include ontologies, topic maps, thesauri, metadata repositories, crosswalks and metadata maps, XML schema and style sheets, and application interfaces.
 
Creating and using business taxonomies any time (Web-based course)
A hands-on course that covers the fundamentals of business taxonomies: how to do a needs analysis, create a controlled vocabulary, develop a thesaurus, and use taxonomy components in navigation. Includes personalized assistance from our instructors and supervised work on a real project in the Web-based Lab.
 
Integrating taxonomies any time (Web-based course)
A hands-on course that covers the creation and use of authorities as well as the development of two independent thesauri that are linked through cross references. Includes personalized assistance from our instructors and supervised work on a real project in the Web-based Lab.