Apples and Oranges, Lions and TigersUnderstanding taxonomies and how you can use them
IA/CS Vancouver MeetupVFS Homer Street, May 16, 2016
Blaine Kyllo, senior strategist
Taxonomy game results
How did your groups organize the items?
The nature of taxonomies
John Horodyski’s taxonomy game demonstrates two things:
• Taxonomies are all around us
• Taxonomies can be simple
Taxonomies are all around us
Taxonomies can be simple
Taxonomies are fundamental to how we think about and make sense of the world.
How you create content taxonomies
Who is the audience?
A taxonomy is not just a list of words.
A taxonomy is a controlled vocabulary.
Metadata describes content.
A taxonomy organizes content.
Why taxonomies are important for content
Taxonomy pitfalls to beware
You can get started tomorrow
Questions?
Experiences to share?
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