The Journey
• Started 1994
• Paper to electronic – Access– Cost Benefits
• Early web site– Diverse audiences– Right content
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• Portal– Standardised language– Automated processes
• Barriers– Thought we knew but we don’t– Understanding is not shared
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• Opportunity– Understand and– document an organisations
LANGUAGE
Language is ... Empowering
...Transferable
... andEvolving
Capturing and masteringyour language can
however be a problem
that’s why we createdtools that help
Mastering a language
MOO(terminology)
Do you meanMaterial On Order?
(Acronym)
No! Silly!Mothers Opposed
to the Occult.(Alternative meanings)
I’ll put thatunder MOO then.
(Taxonomy)That’s right, MOO is the preferred term.
(Thesaurus)
The Process
Understand Your Holdings
“The cow that readssucceeds”
Herd not big enough to read it all?Klarity KeyWord can help:
Key words and phrasesAcronyms and meaning
Slicing and Dicing
Slicing and Dicing
Building A Taxonomy
“Milking with suctionhelps construction”(machines have become an essential component in achieving efficiency)
KTB helps with taxonomy and thesaurus: Documents term relationships You’re in control, more efficient and easy
The Right Tools
Klarity, Feature Parser and …: Classification tools and a lot more
Reaping the rewards
Standards compliance Health Insight Metadata Standard
Taxonomies & classification Improving access for a range of audiences
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Removing duplication One copy is enough
Language Management More than language
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Data quality Making sense of terrorism
DB to Graphic Design Realising the dream