apples and oranges, lions and tigers: understanding taxonomies and how you can use them

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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?

Thanks for listening

blaine@contentstrategyinc.com

778-999-7656

@solocorps

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