Most organizations would never tolerate an IT system with no security controls or a sales process that relies on guesswork. Yet when it comes to managing the raw material of modern business, many enterprises operate in a state of ambiguity. Critical decisions are made without a clear picture. Business functions work at cross-purposes. The same …
Change is inevitable. The way your organization structures and manages information today won’t be the same five years from now or even next year. But without a strong governance plan, even the best-designed taxonomies can become disorganized, inefficient, or misaligned with business needs. In this webinar, Paula Little & Connor Cantrell cut through the complexity …
Future-Proofing Your Organization’s Taxonomy With a Governance Plan Read More »
Effectively scaling core business capabilities means ensuring the right information flows to the right people at the right time. Without a strong process for managing information, growth often leads to chaos instead of progress. Structured taxonomies, metadata, and governance policies turn raw data into an asset, making it easier to find, interpret, and use. These …
The Role of Information Foundations in Scaling a Business Read More »
As the AI rush began, many companies raced to integrate AI into their products to stay competitive. Unfortunately, this “AI for AI’s sake” mindset often led to poor implementations and subpar outcomes. But there’s a better way forward. Hosted by Factor Taxonomist Erik Lee, this webinar offers a practical guide to integrating AI intentionally and …
Aligning A.I. Approaches for Taxonomy & Tagging – Intentional Integration Read More »
A snapshot of an AI workflow modeled in Langflow, an open tool for moderating LLM-system workflows. Image source: Langflow Docs. As Information Architects, it has been fascinating watching our collective understanding of generative AI improve over the last few years, myself included. Openly accessible models*, frameworks and datasets, available via Ollama and Huggingface, have enabled …
Checking In on the State of Linked Data at the Dawn of RAG Read More »
This is a topic that’s been pretty near and dear to me, as I’m currently involved in an effort to migrate an enterprise taxonomy to an updated taxonomy management system. As part of the migration effort, I went back through old documentation to get a better understanding of why certain decisions had been made previously …
Your Taxonomy Governance Plan Is Incomplete without a Documentation Maintenance Plan Read More »
In working on enterprise taxonomy projects, the issue of scale always comes up. “Scale” is a word that gets tossed around a lot but what does it really mean for taxonomies? How can taxonomies scale? What do organizations need to think about when considering requirements for taxonomy scale? We’ve found that the best way to …
So, you did all this work and built these fantastic taxonomies and navigation models. Aren’t you done yet? Not really. Like architectural or backcountry trip plans, the realities of the situation will require modifications and adjustments to the information architecture. The taxonomies, metadata, content models, and navigation that make up the IA will all be tested during implementation. …
Implementing Taxonomies and IA: Ensuring Success Read More »
Check out Gary Carlson’s talk “Putting the Go in Governance” from Taxonomy Boot Camp 2015
The issue is rarely building the taxonomy itself, but the organizational readiness and alignment required to build and support that taxonomy.
