Search systems need a variety of assessment tools to increase worker productivity. Search engine log analysis is necessary but not sufficient. In this article we discuss metadata repository log files, surveys, usability testing, team studies, and collaborative profiling.
This month's entries include a method for increasing collaboration productivity, the potential for making the Web less open, and a discussion of metadata in multi-media.
Backgrounder for the December 17 roundtable "Migrating metadata to the Semantic Web." Its purpose is to orient you to the roundtable context and help you understand the concepts and tools discussed. This session takes a big-picture view of the topic and is designed for the layman, not the computer scientist.
Barbara McGlamery of Time Interactive and Rachel Lovinger of Razorfish will tell how they used a Semantic Web standard called RDF (Resource Description Framework) to add new kinds of relationships to enhance search and navigation on Time's magazine Web sites.
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Institute courses fit into any of these categories for degrees in information
management, knowledge management, and similar interdisciplinary programs.
