Building Taxonomies Part 5

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Part 5Part 5 Alice Redmond-NealAccess Innovations, Inc.

Enterprise Search SummitNew York City, May 21, 2006


Show ‘em what you’ve got –Show ‘em what you’ve got – displays for every displays for every useruser

Show ‘em what you’ve got –Show ‘em what you’ve got – displays for every displays for every useruser• Thesaurus/taxonomy views and

functions depend on audience and purpose– taxonomists – indexers – corporate workers– public searchers


For the taxonomistFor the taxonomistFor the taxonomistFor the taxonomist• Hierarchy view• Alphabetic view• Permuted (KWIC) view• Single term record view• Graphical view• Notational view• Deleted terms• Candidate terms• Retrieve term record• Find term in hierarchy view

TaxonomistsNEED MOST and WANT even MORE!

Hierarchy

Alphabetical

Permuted(KWIC) Term record

Notation view


For the indexerFor the indexerFor the indexerFor the indexer

• Search to retrieve term record• Access to Scope Notes, Related

Terms, NonPreferred Terms• Hierarchy view for the big picture• Automated proposal of indexing

terms


For the searcherFor the searcherFor the searcherFor the searcher• Browsable directory (Yahoo.com,

MediaSleuth.com)• Faceted navigation (MOMA.org, LandsEnd.com)• Alpha term list or terms grouped by letter• Drop down list with selected terms• Portal view – complete or partial taxonomy

– Display terms may be identical to taxonomy terms

– Display terms may be variants, mapped to taxonomy terms

• Taxonomy may not be accessible – requires random guessing

Display taxonomy categoriesDisplay taxonomy categories

Results from sample of 1,100 documents(not all categoriesare populated)


Reveal Narrower TermsReveal Narrower TermsReveal Narrower TermsReveal Narrower Terms


Select taxonomy category to display Select taxonomy category to display titlestitles


Access full bibliographic record


Faceted navigationFaceted navigationFaceted navigationFaceted navigation


SLA website and thesaurusSLA website and thesaurus


SLA searchSLA search


Search query: THESAURUS

Precision search basedon M.A.I. indexing: 3 hits

Free text, no indexing 0 hits

Concept indexing – effect on retrievalConcept indexing – effect on retrieval



Leverage taxonomy terminformation to aid search

Search: kangaroo

Broader TermsNarrower Terms

Related TermsUse (synonyms)


Indexing rule

Term record


What we’ve coveredWhat we’ve coveredWhat we’ve coveredWhat we’ve covered• Taxonomy – from different

perspectives• Collecting and organizing concepts• Term choice and vocabulary control• Taxonomy structure • Term relationships• Term format• Factored and compound terms• Constructing a simple taxonomy• Display variations for different users


““The Computer and the The Computer and the Poet”Poet”““The Computer and the The Computer and the Poet”Poet”

“The biggest single need in computer technology is not for improved circuitry,

or enlarged capacity,or prolonged memory,

or miniaturized containers, but for better questions and better use of answers.”

Norman Cousins, editorial in The Saturday Review, July 23, 1966 special issue on “The New Computer Age”

Through taxonomies, effectively applied through indexing, we aim to efficiently connect

the questions and the answers.


Thanks for your attention!

Alice [email protected]

Access Innovations, Inc.www.AccessInn.com

Data Harmony softwarewww.DataHarmony.com

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Building Taxonomies Part 5