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Roundtable Series: The Business Value of Knowledge Organization Systems

February 16, 2022 / Past Events / By Factor

Knowledge Organization Systems (KOS) such as taxonomies, ontologies, knowledge graphs, and metadata schemas are critical pieces of infrastructure that help organizations achieve their business goals. This Roundtable series addresses how we can establish the business value for KOS and how we can build the necessary capabilities to deliver business value. This series of three events …

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The Role of Taxonomies in Content Publishing Workflows

September 14, 2021 / Perspectives / By Sara Ingham

Hi, I’m a taxonomist, and I’m here to help you with your content publishing workflows! You might think all I do is hide away in a corner classifying things and making lists of terms. But the truth is, I only do that after I have analyzed your content, content strategy, content publishing workflows, existing taxonomies …

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Your Content Strategy is an Important Organizational Asset

February 12, 2021 / Perspectives / By Gary Carlson

Most business organizations know they should manage their information and content. It’s easy to sink a lot of time and resources into creating, capturing, curating, and codifying content without realizing any tangible benefits. Indeed, without an Enterprise Content Strategy (ECS), any strategic content management process is like driving without a map.

Chatbots: How to Build an Information Architecture to Support AI-Powered Projects

October 8, 2020 / Perspectives / By Gary Carlson

Great taxonomy and information architecture is critical for building a chatbot. We published a blog post with our friends at Lucidworks that addresses how taxonomies should be leveraged to support AI Best Practices.

Lessons From a Factor Intern

October 8, 2020 / Perspectives / By Factor

Hello! I’m Xavier, and I’m the current summer intern at Factor. I had the opportunity to focus on taxonomy, user research, and data governance. I’d like to share a few tips on entering the IA field for the first time.

Bram Wessel to co-host OOUX workshop at Enterprise Experience Conference with Sophia V. Prater

July 1, 2020 / Past Events / By Factor

Come learn with Factor’s Bram Wessel! He will be presenting Detangling Information Architecture with OOUX alongside Sophia V. Prater at the Rosenfeld Enterprise Experience Conference.

Stop Requiring Remote User Research Participants to Share Their Webcam

June 15, 2020 / Perspectives / By Sara Ingham

“Body language says so much!” Says every user researcher ever. But I’d argue that this information is not as important to your research as so many people say it is—particularly during remote studies, which are more popular than ever now during the pandemic.

Webinar Recording Available: Scaling Information Dissemination for the Virtual Digital Workforce

April 15, 2020 / Webinar Archives / By Factor

In this webinar, speakers from Factor and Lucidworks discuss scaling information for a virtual digital workforce. We’ll share a case study and discuss why great Information Architecture (IA) is critical for success.

Ambiguity in Times of Crises

April 6, 2020 / Perspectives / By Charlene Quach

If you feel like you’re experiencing Information Anxiety right now, you’re not alone. We’ve been trying to make sense of all the COVID-19 information being thrown around. It is now more important than ever that we rely on IA fundamentals to clarify, communicate, and even comfort.

Webinar Recording Available: Building the Semantic Foundation for Search, AI, and Digital Transformation Initiatives

February 14, 2020 / Webinar Archives / By Factor

In this webinar, speakers from Factor and Semantic Web Company (Pool Party) cover the basics in creating that foundation from both a technology and organizational perspective. We describe both the role of a strategic information model and the role of a Semantic Platform.