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The Accidental Taxonomist
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The Accidental Taxonomist
By Heather Hedden
Foreword by Patrick Lambe

Table of Contents

Figures and Tables

Foreword, by Patrick Lambe

Acknowledgments

About the Website

Introduction

 

Chapter 1: What Are Taxonomies?

Definitions and Types of Taxonomies

Applications and Purposes of Taxonomies

Taxonomies for License

History of Taxonomies

Chapter 2: Who Are Taxonomists?

Backgrounds of Taxonomists

Taxonomist Skills

Related Duties

Employment of Taxonomists

Chapter 3: Creating Terms

Concepts and Terms

Identifying Concepts

Choosing the Preferred Term

Term Format

Precoordinated Terms

Notes and Attributes

Chapter 4: Creating Relationships

Equivalence Relationships and Nonpreferred Terms

Hierarchical Relationships

Associative Relationships

Hierarchical/Associative Ambiguities

Semantic Variations for Relationships

 

Chapter 5: Software for Taxonomy Creation and Management

Software Not Designed for Creating Taxonomies

Thesaurus Software

Single-User Desktop Thesaurus Software

Large-Scale Thesaurus Systems

Free and Open Source Software

Other Software With Taxonomy Management Components

 

Chapter 6: Taxonomies for Human Indexing

What Is Human Indexing?

Terms, Relationships, and Notes for Indexers

Taxonomy Structure and Indexing Interface

Taxonomy Updates and Quality Control

Managing Folksonomies

 

Chapter 7: Taxonomies for Automated Indexing

Automated Indexing, Search, and Taxonomies

Automated Indexing Technologies

Software for Auto-Categorization

Creating Taxonomies for Automated Indexing

Chapter 8: Taxonomy Structures

Hierarchies

Facets

Multiple Vocabularies and Catergories

 

Chapter 9: Taxonomy Displays

Thesaurus Displays

Hierarchical Taxonomy Displays

Fielded Search Displays

 

Chapter 10: Taxonomy Planning, Design, and Creation

Planning for a Taxonomy

Enterprise Taxonomies

Taxonomy Creation Process

Taxonomy Governance

 

Chapter 11: Taxonomy Implementation and Evolution

Taxonomy Interoperability

Taxonomy Updating

Combining Taxonomies

Multilingual Taxonomies

 

Chapter 12: Taxonomy Work and the Profession

The Nature of Taxonomy Work

Taxonomists as Contractors

Education and Training

Organizations, Networking, and Resources

 

Appendix A: Survey of Taxonomists

Appendix B: Glossary

Appendix C: Recommended Reading

Appendix D: Websites

About the Author

Index


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