by Conni Christensen | 10 Apr 2017
It is a simple process to create terms and categories and build them into information systems. And easy to justify building a new classification scheme (tick whichever is appropriate): We don’t have a scheme We have too many schemes We need to standardise language... by Conni Christensen | 9 Apr 2017
In my next few posts I’m going to write about building classification schemes. So it’s probably a good idea to explain the definitions I use upfront. Before you take me to task, bear in mind that my context is the information governance space, and while I... by Conni Christensen | 29 Jan 2016
“For some folk, taxonomies are just a bunch of words. Good quality taxonomies, however, provide the logic, the rules and the standards needed to manage your information assets. They enable users to analyse, navigate, find, organise, arrange, manage and dispose of... by Conni Christensen | 15 Apr 2015
Managing metadata* and developing taxonomies* is easy! And so it is – when you are working within a confined context. As Patrick Lamb suggests in his book Organising Knowledge, most people are confident in building taxonomies i.e. lists, lookup sets,... 
by Conni Christensen | 12 Apr 2015
Take a look at any organisation and you will find thousands of taxonomies in every database and information system across the enterprise expressed in the form of lists, lookup sets, metadata, tags, taxonomies, file plans, classification facets etc… Who’s in control?... by Conni Christensen | 1 Nov 2013
Some of my favourite quotes about classification are from Organising Knowledge: Taxonomies, Knowledge and Organisational Effectiveness by Patrick Lambe. Taxonomies are at the same time deceptively simple and fiendishly complicated. They are simple because they are... by Conni Christensen | 3 Sep 2013
You may wonder why anyone would want to spend money on specialist software for building taxonomies or metadata when you could just use a spreadsheet. Here are 5 good reasons: Relationships and mapping There are many more relationships to a taxonomy /thesaurus than... by Conni Christensen | 2 Jun 2013
Aggregation: a collection: several things grouped together or considered as a whole. Source Wordnet. I’ve always considered aggregation a cornerstone of records management. Conceptually aggregations make sense to me – records or “the record” of a particular... by Conni Christensen | 14 Jan 2013
What we need in 2013 vs. what the industry thinks we need! At the start of each year, it’s customary for the oracles to gaze into their crystal balls, and pronounce their 5 (or 10) technology predictions that become the want list for the coming year. Big data, apps...