The Informed Life

Heather Hedden on Taxonomies

Jul 19, 2020

29:39

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Harness Effective Knowledge Organization Through Standards

03:15

Connecting Users to Content: The Taxonomist's Skill

01:15

Introduction

2min

The Accidental Taxonomist

3min

What Is a Taxonomy?

5min

Taxonomy and the Soros

2min

The Power of a Taxonomy

3min

The Challenges of Providing a Taxonomy for Expert Users

2min

The Difference Between a Concept and Its Labels

2min

The Importance of Language in Taxonomies

4min

The Evolution of Language

3min

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Automated or Human Created Taxonomies?

2min

11.

How to Be an Accidental Taxonomist

2min

My guest today is Heather Hedden. Heather is an information management consultant specialized in taxonomies, controlled vocabularies, metadata, and indexing. She’s the author of two books, including The Accidental Taxonomist, a guide to the discipline of taxonomy creation and management. In this conversation, we explore taxonomies and why they’re important for organizations.

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