Building bridges: mapping diverse taxonomies for a seamless user navigation experience Fran Alexander Taxonomy Manager BBC Information and Archives. July.

Building bridges: mapping diverse taxonomies for a seamless user navigation experience

Fran AlexanderTaxonomy ManagerBBC Information and Archives. July 2011.All views expressed are my own personal opinions and do not necessarily reflect any official BBC policy.

Introduction

2.3 million items of TV and video

300,000 hours of audio

still photographs, sheet music, and documents

4,000 loans per week

The BBC archive

Different user groups

specialist archive researchers

information researchers

nations and regions users

asset managers

Existing archival KOSs

2 major classifications – Lonclass and Telclass

14 other taxonomies

over 70 keyword lists

DMI/Fabric project

launched in 2008

change business practice from an indexing approach

preserve semantic richness

facilitate interoperability

build range of interfaces

Analysis of classifications

© Siemens AG 2008.

Decomposition

Mapping methods and policies

homonyms

general concepts

synonyms

determining the most appropriate mapping level

Accuracy of mapping – Strix to Lonclass

Future research

deriving ontologies from existing classifications

aggregating ontologies

developing a consensus of meanings

extending SKOS

Same as before: http://www.flickr.com/photos/toms/4055519909/

Conclusion - build bridges

metadata is content

create a mapping methodology

preserve rich semantics

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Acknowledgements: Andy Heather, Victoria Cowan