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Tag: Taxonomy Design

How to Distinguish Between Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Metadata Fields

EK Team . July 23, 2019 . Blog

When designing an enterprise taxonomy, the number of possible metadata fields that can be used to describe content can be overwhelming. Depending on the type of content, the size of the organization, and the breadth of that organization’s functions, the … Continue reading

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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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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

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Achieving a Gold Standard Taxonomy

EK Team . February 26, 2019 . Blog

One of the first steps of a taxonomy design effort is to gather any previous taxonomies that may exist within the business, as well as sample content, search logs, and pre-existing information about these taxonomies’ content or systems. At EK, … Continue reading

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Taxonomy Design and eDiscovery: When the Lawyer Calls

EK Team . January 8, 2019 . Blog

We have all heard about the exponential growth of electronic information/data/content in recent years and been warned about the impending boom of data and information growth in the near future. Industry research has told us that the time spent looking … Continue reading

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Choosing the Best Metadata Fields For Your Taxonomy

EK Team . October 11, 2018 . Blog

Introduction As a big music fan I am always on the hunt for new and better ways to organize my personal music library. Some days it makes the most sense for me to make a playlist for a specific activity, … Continue reading

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Wahl Speaking at Digital Transformation Summit

EK Team . June 21, 2018 . News

EK’s Zach Wahl will be speaking at the upcoming Digital Transformation Summit in Nashville, TN. The Digital Transformation Summit, produced by Edgenet, focuses on digital transformation, its effects on the retail industry, and how properly managed product content can be … Continue reading

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Design Thinking and Taxonomy Design

EK Team . May 30, 2017 . Blog

In my experience I’ve found that any successful taxonomy design effort stems from a strong understanding of the end users’ needs – hardly a small task. One way that I’ve worked to address this challenge is by incorporating Design Thinking … Continue reading

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Meetup: Knowledge Management Association (KMA) DC (May 2017)

EK Team . May 11, 2017 . Event

On Friday, May 26, EK Senior Consultant Tatiana Baquero Cakici will give a talk on taxonomy best practices at the Knowledge Management Association meetup. Cakici will outline how a user-centric methodology and a governance framework provide a structure to label and … Continue reading

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Folders v. Metadata in SharePoint Document Libraries

Tatiana Baquero Cakici . April 5, 2017 . White Paper

Clients often ask us why we recommend using metadata over managing folders and subfolders in a SharePoint document library. This white paper offers our view on the advantages of tagging documents with metadata versus simply using folders to organize and … Continue reading

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