Organizing Knowledge

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Organizing Knowledge
Content management education and service

• 4 ways to access and organization

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Bob Boiko

• Author
• CM Bible (out in a few weeks)
• Consultant
• Boeing, Motorola, Microsoft, etc.
• Teacher
• iSchool, University of Washington
• iSchool.washington.edu
• Founder
• Metatorial Services
• Developer
• Database and XML systems

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Two reasons to get organized

• Management is for you
• Effective collection
• Effective storage
• Effective publication
• Access is for them
• What is in here?
• How do I get to it?
• These two are not the same!!

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4 ways to organize

• Hierarchies
• A system of phrases that classifies and
  sub-classifies information.
• Indexes
• Maps that you lay over your information.
• Cross references
• Paths through the information
• Sequences
• The set of preferred paths through the
  information

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Hierarchies

• Taxonomy Outline TOC Tree Nested List
  Class Structure

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Indexes

• Keywords Thesaurus Controlled Vocabulary

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Go Deeper!

• Designing Access Structures white paper
• Content Management Bible now on Amazon
• Concept of the week (info_at_metatorial.com)
• iSchool.washington.edu

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Cross References

• Hyperlink Link Association

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Sequences

• Managed within your
• Hierarchies
• Indexes
• Special sequence structures
• Represented like cross references