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Managing Tagging with a Taxonomy

October 31, 2019October 31, 2019 Heathers Admin

A lot of work can be put into designing and creating a taxonomy, but if it’s not implemented or used properly for tagging or indexing, then that work can be wasted. As the volume of content has grown, many organizations have invested in auto-tagging/auto-categorization solutions utilizing text analytics technologies. However,…

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Using Linked and Other Open Vocabularies

September 24, 2018 Heathers Admin

Taxonomy terms assigned to content items makes the content easier to find, whether in an internal system, on the web, or both. To make content easier to find or discover on the web, the use of taxonomy terms or tags is part of the broader application of search engine optimization(SEO). A lot…

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Tagging vs. Indexing

February 28, 2014 Heather Hedden

I have blogged before on the difference between tags and categories, but recently someone asked me about the difference between tagging and indexing (the manual kind). It’s not a simple answer.One important way in which tagging and indexing differ is that tagging involves any kind of designation for what a…

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Tags and Categories

July 31, 2013 Heather Hedden

What does a taxonomy comprise and how does it work? Professional taxonomists may speak of “terms,” “nodes,” or “labels,” whereas most other people with a basic understanding of taxonomy might refer to “tags” or “categories.” A category is a well understood concept, and social media sites have made the notion…

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