Taxonomy
A taxonomy is a formal categorization method that is created, managed and edited by a centralized team (or person). Unlike folksonomies, which are organically and informally created through collaboration, taxonomies provide rigid frameworks for organizing information.
TOC Stories Referencing Taxonomies
Taxonomies and Starting With XML
This is an excerpt from a blog post I wrote last week on taxonomies and chunking. Last October, the StartWithXML team wrote a post called "To Chunk or Not To...A Correction!
Frank Grazioli, of Wiley, writes in to correct my last post about taxonomies: Wiley has been exploring taxonomies for its travel content business; the cooking/psych/accounting spaces might be our next...Tagging the Real World through Barcode Apps
Mobile phones with barcode apps bring digital tools into real-world curation.Beyond the Tag Cloud
This is an excerpt from our research paper, which will publish in concert with the StartWithXML Forum on January 13th at the McGraw-Hill Auditorium in New York. Early bird discounting...Why You Should Care About XML
There are two places to look for useful clues about how XML will actually fit into a publisher's workflow: Web publishing and the "alpha geeks."News Roundup: Customizable Magazine Service Launches, French E-Reader Includes Subscriptions, Library Tags Online-Offline Recommendations
Maghound Customizable Magazine Service Launches Maghound, a customizable magazine service from Time Inc., is now available. From Folio: The membership pricing is tiered-- three titles for $4.95 a month,...Library Uses Tags to Link Online-Offline Recommendations
LibraryTechNZ mentions an interesting engagement of a European library with its community, something that bookstores could also do: The library at the Hague in the Netherlands has introduced a...Web Analytics Primer for Publishers
We take a look at page views, pages per visit, unique visitors and other common analytic measurements.News Roundup: Dual-Display E-Reader Prototype, Content Tracking Not Just for Takedowns Anymore, Indiana "Explicit" Law Struck Down
Researchers Develop Dual-Display E-Reader Researchers from Berkeley and the University of Maryland have built a dual-display e-reader prototype that uses traditional book-reading navigation (i.e. page turns, flipping the cover...Content Tracking Tools: Control for Some, Distribution for Others
An article in BusinessWeek looks at various uses for content tracking systems, from command-and-control monitoring to partnership opportunities via broad distribution: Just ask Sarah Chubb, president of CondéNet.com, owner...Digital Experiments and Useful Analytics Must Go Hand-in-Hand
A recent IDPF presentation offers an important reminder about the value of hard data in digital experiments.Writing and Tracking through Subversion
Programmers use version control systems to track and monitor code revisions. Writers can bring the same functionality to their drafts by following Rachel Greenham's Mac OS X Subversion tutorial: What...Simplifying Semantic Tagging
Adaptive Blue has released a header/meta tag scheme to simplify semantic tagging of content items. From ReadWriteWeb: Semantic web company Adaptive Blue has published what it hopes will become a...Additional Taxonomy Links & Resources
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