English is a messy and chaotic language, with excep more
English is a messy and chaotic language, with exceptions to rules, different styles of writing, and a multitude of different ways to write about the same thing. This chaos means that analysis, categorisation and building a corporate taxonomy is a very time consuming task, even if it’s just for the navigation of the local intranet- or internet website.
This is my presentation at Oz-IA -- about my recent experience in turning ‘scary-bad’ medical restrictions text into something machine-usable. It introduces the concept of Semantic Analysis, the methodology I used to investigate the linguistic patterns in the text, and how this facilitated information classification and codification of content.
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