Access Innovations' CEO, Dr. Jay Ven Eman, demystifies a taxonomy: its use, necessity and value in problem-solving and organizing content for a business or organization. Jay stresses the need to first understand taxonomies before planning to build, customize and implement one (or more) for your company. A taxonomy or thesaurus of any applicable use requires the right tools, available expertise, time and adequate funding toward indexing and implementation.

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Access Innovations, Inc.
Jay Ven Eman, Ph.D., CEO
j_ven_eman@accessinn.com
www.accessinn.com
www.dataharmony.com
+1.505.998.0800
Albuquerque, NM
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Welcome To the Data Harmony
User Group (DHUG) 2014 Meeting
“Taxonomy Bread and
Circuses”
12 February 2014, 3:15 to 4:00
PM MST

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Why a Taxonomy?
 Why are taxonomies so hot?
 Why are they needed?
 What problems do they solve?
 What opportunities do they open for you?

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Understanding taxonomies
 There are many myths,
misunderstandings, and
misrepresentations about taxonomies.
 Taxonomies need to be thoroughly
understood before you can assess their
value for your organization.

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Analyzing and planning
 While obtaining or building a taxonomy
does not have to be an expensive
proposition, cost can quickly escalate
while usefulness can decline or be
misdirected.
 An understanding must come first,
followed by an analysis of your situation,
and then an implementation plan.

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So much for the easy part!
After the implementation plan comes the
implementation.
Do you have the right tools?
Do you have the available expertise?
Do you have the time?
What about applying your new taxonomy
to your content?

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Taxonomies and Indexing
 Your taxonomy is only as useful as its
applicability to labeling or indexing or
categorizing your content.
 Indexing is typically the largest cost
component, and will make or break your
project.

7. © 2014. Access Innovations, Inc. All rights reserved.
Access Innovations, Inc.
Jay Ven Eman, Ph.D., CEO
j_ven_eman@accessinn.com
www.accessinn.com
www.dataharmony.com
+1.505.998.0800
Albuquerque, NM
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Thank you!
Questions?