Taxonomy as Content Outline, Site Map and Search Aid SLA NWR Vancouver October 6, 2006 Marjorie M.K. Hlava President

Use the Standards ANSI / NISO – Z39.19 ISO TC 46 – SC 6 or 9 works BSI - BS 8723 W3C – OWL, Topic Maps, Semantic web OMB – e-gov section 207 KM working groups

Charting the difference Authority Files –People –Places –Things Thesaurus –Concepts –Methods –Processes Ontology's –Link Instances –Classes Semantic Web / Topic Maps –Link the description –To the actual item (object)

Taxonomy / thesaurus Main Term (MT) Top Term (TT) Broader Terms (BT) Narrower Terms (NT) Narrower Term Instance Related Terms (RT) –See also (SA) NonPreferred Term (NP) –Used for (UF), See (S) Scope Note (SN) History (H) TAXONOMY THESAURUS ONTOLOGY

Integrated tools for content management Database system Thesaurus tool Indexing tool Validate terms Add terms and rules Change terms and rules Delete terms and rules Search thesaurus Validate term entry Block invalid terms Record candidates Establish rules for term use Suggest indexing terms

Taxonomy descriptors become subject metadata Selected descriptors are XML-tagged and stored with document Descriptors available as webpage metadata Put in the HTML Header Metatags enable precise document retrieval Term equivalence enables query expansion in search (MAIQuery)

Structure of the Corpus Specific domains –Easier than the whole internet –DLESE – Digital Library for Earth Science Education Domain specific taxonomy –Specific branches –Dynamic classifications

User Context and Search Task What about unique interfaces for different tasks? Culture effects Embedded search Search history Combine search and browse Providing confidence in search Help build the query Predicting the users queries User-Interface Design

Our assumptions for Enterprise Taxonomy Management Consistent application across entire site Synonyms are used interchangeably User doesnt need to know the taxonomy Pop up view is helpful Site map for construction and browsing Allows hidden sections for internal use

Taxonomy view Thesaurus Term Record view

s NavTree View MAIQuery

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