Three Traps In Taxonomy Design by , for

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Taxonomies are very vulnerable to influence from many conflicting opinions.  This is why an evidence-based approach is very important, restricting the flow of opinions until the taxonomy ha... read more

SharePoint capability of managing content and the Content Organizer by , for

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A SharePoint capability to look at is managing ‘content’.  ‘Content’ is used here as a shortened form of “enterprise content and records management” whic... read more

Strategy and Planning for Migrations by , for

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The following definition of migration is taken from ISO 15489, the international standard for records management.   It defines migration as the:  “act of moving records... read more

Linked Data by , for

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The concept of Linked Data underpins the development of standards in support of the Semantic Web. It expresses the idea that web pages should be machine readable as well as human readable, s... read more

Interview with an AIIM ECM Master Student by , for

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Carl: Hello, I want to thank you for allowing me to interview you and for the record, can you provide my readers with some insight as to who you work for and with a description of your role?... read more

How to Take Advantage of Metadata by , for

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Four Functions of Metadata Metadata can be defined as “structured information about a document, data, or other information content”.  Examples of metadata are author, title,... read more

Interview with another AIIM ERM Master Student by , for

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Carl: Hello, I want to thank you for allowing me to interview you and for the record, can you provide my readers with some insight as to who you work for and with a description of your role?... read more

The Ocean of Big Data by , for

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We have all heard the phrase “That’s like trying to boil the ocean.” We hear this phrase when it appears we are trying to do too much and are probably going to fail as inadequa... read more

AIIM Training Update by , for

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When AIIM released the very first ECM and ERM Master Classes in January 2006 we had no idea how big this would be. More than 20,000 students later, AIIM has established itself as the leading pro... read more

What Taxonomy Strategies are available to you? by , for

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There are five kinds of taxonomy strategies available to you depending on the different situations your business finds itself in. Structure & Organize The Structure & Organize ta... read more