Course: Taxonomies and Controlled Vocabularies -- July 2009

Participants

	Taxonomies and Controlled Vocabularies Course Outline Resource Course Basics Resource Participant Introductions Forum News forum ANSI/NISO Z39-19-2005 Standard PDF document

	Week 1: Introduction to Taxonomies and Controlled Vocabularies Lesson 1 Discussion Forum 1. Definitions Resource 2. Applications and Examples Resource 3. Structure, Hierarchies, and Facets Resource 4. Thesaurus Display Options Resource Assignment: Creating Facets Assignment: Identify Top Terms

	Week 2: Software for Creating Taxonomies and Thesauri Lesson 2 Discussion Forum 1. Software Introduction Resource 2. MultiTes Resource 3. Cognatrix Resource 4. Data Harmony Resource 5. Synaptica Resource 6. Freeware Resource 7. Other, Client-Server Software Resource

	Week 3: Hierarchical Structure and Term Relationships Lesson 3 Discussion Forum 1. Broader/Narrower Relationships Resource 2. Related-term Relationships Resource 3. Semantic Variations for Relationships Resource 4. Creating Hierarchies Resource Assignment: Related Terms Assignment: Polyhierarchies Assignment: Custom Semantic Relationships

	Week 4: Wording of Terms and Their Variants Lesson 4 Discussion Forum 1. Wording of Terms Resource 2. Nonpreferred Terms Resource 3. Other Term Creation Issues Resource Assignment: Preferred Wording Assignment: Creating Non-preferred Terms Assignment: Pre- and Post-Coordination

	Week 5: Concluding Topics and Issues Lesson 5 Discussion Forum 1. Processes for Taxonomy Implementation Resource 2. Taxonomy Maintenance & Governance Resource 3. Social Tagging (Folksonomies) Resource 4. Taxonomy Jobs Resource 5. Resources