Taxonomies and Tomato Plants: They're more similar than you think

by Gia Lyons on Nov 25, 2009

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I presented this on Nov 20, 2009 at Taxonomy Bootcamp 2009, as part of a Panel called, "From the Lighthouse: Visioneering Taxonomies’ Future"

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Taxonomies and Tomato Plants: They’re more similar than you think — Presentation Transcript

Gia Lyons (@gialyons)
Strategic Consultant
Jive Software
Taxonomy Bootcamp 2009
Taxonomies and Tomato Plants
(They’re more similar than you think)
Flicker.com/spisharam

prescribed structure doesn’t work for E2E
Flicker.com/redjar

But you need some structure, ‘cause search sucks

bring user contribution to your intranet via tags
…and encourage a more organic taxonomy
Flicker.com/33909700@N02

But, how?

let it emerge… (messy is ok at first!)
Flicker.com/efsavage

… then guide it
Flicker.com/22863752@N06

… but avoid this (by continually guiding)
Flicker.com/darinhercules

things to remember…
EMERGE:
When information is not commonly understood,
let people tag the way it makes sense to them

things to remember…
GUIDE:
After the organic taxonomy gets too messy,
Provide guidance by collecting tags into categories

things to remember…
SEARCH:
You may not have Google’s algorithm,
but user-generated tags can improve search results

Thank you!
Gia Lyons (@gialyons)
Strategic Consultant
Jive Software
Taxonomy Bootcamp 2009

Taxonomies and Tomato Plants: They're more similar than you think

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