ACIA Seminar | Synonyms and Taxonomies: Thesaurus Design for Information Architects


8:00 - 9:00am		Seminar Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00am - 12:00pm		Seminar: Synonyms and Taxonomies Peter Morville, CEO, Argus Associates and Samantha Bailey, VP Operations, Argus Associates What is a Thesaurus? Terminology, Types of Thesauri, Thesaurus Standards (ANSI/NISO), Business Context, Synonym Rings Value of Thesauri IA Metrics and ROI, Knowledge Management Metrics, Web Site, Intranet and Search Statistics, Searching Problems, Navigation Design (Browsing), Full Text Indexing (Searching), Collaborative Filtering, Lexical Databases Methodology Overview Strategy & Process, Design & Deliverables, Thesaurus Construction Metadata Purposes, Ways to Leverage, Types of Indexing, Comparative Analysis, Cost Analysis, Automated Indexing, Personalization, Content Management
12:00 - 1:15pm		Luncheon
1:15 - 5:00pm		Seminar (Continued) Vocabulary Control Getting Started, Identifying, Organizing, Selecting Terms Structure & Relationships Systematic & Associative Relationships, Classification Schemes, Faceted Classification, Facets, Coordination, Specificity Thesaurus Management What's Involved?, Software: What to Look For & What You Will Find Case Study Process, Methodology, Sample Controlled Vocabularies, Sample Deliverables Seminar Review and Conclusion