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

1 July - 7 July

• Lesson 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

8 July - 14 July

• Lesson 2: Software for Creating Taxonomies and Thesauri
• Lesson 2 Discussion Forum
• 1. Software Introduction Resource
• 2. MultiTes Resource
• 3. TCS-10 Resource
• 4. Term Tree Resource
• 5. Cognatrix Resource
• 6. Freeware Resource
• 7. Large-scale Systems, including Synaptica and Data Harmony Resource

15 July - 21 July

• Lesson 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

22 July - 28 July

• Lesson 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

29 July - 4 August

• Lesson 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