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A taxonomy is a system for naming and organising things into groups that show similar characteristics.
Taxonomies in the Public Sector (TIPS) http://www.nglis.org.uk/tipsben.htm
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A taxonomy is a collection of terms that enable the classification and grouping of content in order to support:
• information organisation
• searching
• information discovery/browsing
• website usability
• content reuse / serendipity
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controlled vocabulary structured hierarchically using BT, NT, RT non-preferred terms to handle synonyms they support:
o Information retrieval in controlled bibliographic databaseso authority fileso expansion of search
Thesaurus:
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High level intellectual frameworks to organise information representing concepts, entities and their relationships used in information science to support:
o software engineeringo the semantic web
Ontologies
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PeoplePeople
Records/AssetsRecords/AssetsPlacesPlaces
EventsEvents
are active in create/own
Take part in
are located in
take place in are used in / can trigger
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A taxonomy is a system for naming and organising things into groups that show similar characteristics.
Taxonomies in the Public Sector (TIPS) http://www.nglis.org.uk/tipsben.htm
We have not catalogued entries manually Subject research: words lists Building Boolean Queries within the Search Engine
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Word Lists and ‘synonyms
marriagemarital“marry” “marries” “married”matrimonymatrimonialjactitationbetrothaldowryjointurealimonycurtesyweddingadultery, adulterous
nuptialspousewedlockconjugalcertificate of no impedimentre-marriage, remarriage…mainenance orderMaintenance Order Acts…bigamy, bigamous, polygam*common law wife/husbandhusband/wifedivorce, decree nisi, decree absolute
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taxonomist generates query
taxonomy management software
search engine index
categorisation engine
xmlexport
new index
tagging process
Data flow back(with tags)
xml tagged data
new index
Testing and tuning Beta release April 2011 Taxonomy testing Multiple tagging Precision and relevancy of subject tags Recall: working to provide subjects for the untagged