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Designing Your Taxonomy to Fit Your Use Case: Advanced Taxonomy Use Cases (Part 2)

Sara Duane . January 27, 2022 . Blog

In my previous blog, I wrote about building a taxonomy for two foundational use cases – findability and navigation – that we commonly design for at EK. This blog will focus on two advanced, yet still common, taxonomy use cases. … Continue reading

Common Taxonomy Design Mistakes, Part I: Failing to Include Your End Users

Megan Salerno . August 26, 2020 . Blog

The necessity of a business taxonomy has become increasingly apparent as organizations across the globe have shifted to working from home and, consequently, have an increased need for their employees to be able to quickly and independently find and discover … Continue reading

Taxonomy Implementation Best Practices

Jenni Doughty . February 8, 2021 . Blog

Have you ever found yourself wondering how to implement a taxonomy you’ve just designed or updated? You might have asked yourself, “How do I make this taxonomy work in SharePoint? In Salesforce? Oracle Knowledge Advanced?” You are not alone. Many … Continue reading

How Do I Implement A Taxonomy?

Jenni Doughty . September 3, 2021 . Blog

Congrats, you have a taxonomy! It is a strategic milestone for many organizations whether the taxonomy is instantiated in a taxonomy management system of some type, or, as we much more commonly see, stored in a spreadsheet. Regardless, your next … Continue reading

The 4 Steps to Designing an Effective Taxonomy: Step #3 Validate Your Taxonomy

EK Team . August 12, 2016 . Blog

Taxonomy is not as daunting as it seems. In this blog series, one of EK’s taxonomy experts, Ben White, provides 4 practical steps to designing and validating a user-centric taxonomy. Step #3: Validate Your Taxonomy Previously, I’ve talked about how … Continue reading

Why a Knowledge Graph is the Best Way to Upgrade Your Taxonomy

EK Team . October 22, 2019 . Blog

Many organizations begin their journey in semantic solutions with a taxonomy. Taxonomies are simple information models that help organizations describe and structure their information in a hierarchy. They are effective for organizing content and data, but do not capture all … Continue reading

Taxonomy Design Best Practices

Zach Wahl . February 10, 2014 . Blog

Over my years of taxonomy consulting I’ve often been asked to codify the best practices regarding taxonomy design. A simple search online shows that this is a common question, though one where a lot of the current answers appear outdated. … Continue reading

Taxonomy Is Here! Taxonomy and the Final Season of Game of Thrones

EK Team . April 9, 2019 . Blog

Despite the fact that the first day of Spring occurred only a couple weeks ago, it appears that winter is finally upon us. The eighth and final season of HBO’s Game of Thrones officially premieres on April 14th, and the … Continue reading

The 4 Steps to Designing an Effective Taxonomy: #1 Design a User-Centric Taxonomy

EK Team . August 5, 2016 . Blog

Taxonomy is not as daunting as it seems. In this blog series, one of EK’s taxonomy experts, Ben White, provides 4 practical steps to designing and validating a user-centric taxonomy. Step #1: Design a User-Centric Taxonomy When most individuals hear … Continue reading

The Value of Taxonomy: Why Taxonomy (Still) Matters

Zach Wahl . July 9, 2019 . Blog

After decades of taxonomy design consulting, I’m still amazed that some organizations doubt the value of effective enterprise taxonomy design. Though knowledge and information management technologies, as well as associated search technologies have changed, the core business value and use … Continue reading

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