Force-Feeding Taxonomy to the Enterprise by , for

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While presenting at last year's Taxonomy Bootcamp (a KMWorld event) in Washington DC, I was able to attend a number of sessions on information architecture and taxonomy development given by... read more

A Business Case for a Taxonomy by , for

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People often think that the business case for a taxonomy is the same as a Return on Investment (ROI) analysis.  In fact, ROI is only one form of business case. The most important featur... read more

Big Data = Big Challenges = Big Opportunity by , for

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Oh, my dear friend “Big Data”.  Oh, “Big Data” you are spawning a whole new industry.  “Big Data” you are reengineering the required skills of the s... read more

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

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

Making the Case: Explaining Taxonomy to Business People by , for

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"Despite the unconscious usage of taxonomy as an organizational model in everyday life, people are suspicious of the T-word, and may be resistant to collaborating with the project team.&nbs... read more

Do you need a Center of Excellence? by , for

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Has SharePoint 2010 solved the content findability problem in your company?   Probably not. Why?   Because effective content management solutions need to be designed; and in... read more

Conceptual Storage (and other ERM pitfalls) Is Just As Big A Problem As Physical Storage by , for

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In my last blog post I talked about the collapse of an offsite record storage location in the DC suburbs.  Even though tragedies like this happen, it does not mean that electronic records i... read more