Comments on: The Findability Project Taxonomy – Part One: The Theory http://webdogs.org/2008/09/23/tfp-taxonomy-part-one-the-theory/ site sentient since 2006 Tue, 26 Apr 2011 20:57:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brian Lawlor http://webdogs.org/2008/09/23/tfp-taxonomy-part-one-the-theory/comment-page-1/#comment-19649 Brian Lawlor Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:49:41 +0000 http://www.webdogs.org/findability/?p=159#comment-19649 Patrick, I can't say your title showed up on our research radar as we sampled what was out there about taxonomies, so I can't say whether it is too or not too technical for folks like us. From the description at Amazon.com, your title looks very interesting but from what I can tell, it is in the "expensive" text book category? (I'm not saying it is not worth it at about $70, but <em>Yipes!</em>) I appreciate the appreciation of how we, as a non-profit, have had to approach taxonomy and other types of content organization in a very practical way. Fortunately, the nomenclature used within legal services programs like ours is fairly predictable, with easily identified categories, and not likely to be a source of contention. So far it has not been. The effective use of metadata, however, is much more of a challenge, given what we are doing with this project and our limited resources. By the way, like <a href="http://www.greenchameleon.com/" rel="nofollow">your blog</a>. Readable and learnable. Patrick, I can’t say your title showed up on our research radar as we sampled what was out there about taxonomies, so I can’t say whether it is too or not too technical for folks like us. From the description at Amazon.com, your title looks very interesting but from what I can tell, it is in the “expensive” text book category? (I’m not saying it is not worth it at about $70, but Yipes!) I appreciate the appreciation of how we, as a non-profit, have had to approach taxonomy and other types of content organization in a very practical way. Fortunately, the nomenclature used within legal services programs like ours is fairly predictable, with easily identified categories, and not likely to be a source of contention. So far it has not been. The effective use of metadata, however, is much more of a challenge, given what we are doing with this project and our limited resources.

By the way, like your blog. Readable and learnable.

]]> By: Patrick Lambe http://webdogs.org/2008/09/23/tfp-taxonomy-part-one-the-theory/comment-page-1/#comment-19648 Patrick Lambe Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:05:18 +0000 http://www.webdogs.org/findability/?p=159#comment-19648 I like the very pragmatic approach you have taken here. Did you come across my book, <a href="http://www.organisingknowledge.com/" rel="nofollow">Organising Knowledge: Taxonomies, Knowledge and Organisation Effectiveness</a> when you were doing your research, or was it one of those resources that seemed too technical for you? I'd be interested to know. I like the very pragmatic approach you have taken here. Did you come across my book, Organising Knowledge: Taxonomies, Knowledge and Organisation Effectiveness when you were doing your research, or was it one of those resources that seemed too technical for you? I’d be interested to know.

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