And now I know why. Metadata is no longer the exclusive domain of taxonomists, catalogers, and classification freaks like us: A hashtag of a cheezy prime time hospital drama prominently displayed on the lower left TV screen for the duration of the show An in-box of email contacts with a notification that you've been circled, along with a "do-you-know" rejoinder of some contacts in their circles Some self-described labels for what I do as an information professional that are validated with the endorsements of my social media connections Does this sound like a day in your virtual life?
Arguably, metadata and taxonomy management is the single most important factor in a successful SharePoint implementation. Metadata is the glue that binds within SharePoint
Perception-shapers like ad firms, media titans, and management consults aren’t rewarded for following precedents
Four Functions of Metadata Metadata can be defined as “structured information about a document, data, or other information content&rdquo
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Others require outside application specialists, learning new languages, and integration issues when used to deploy intelligent metadata applications, if they can be integrated at all. Some are restricted to certain platforms, such as availability in SharePoint, but not Office 365. Some capture metadata, semantic metadata, or use some form of algorithms, some tweakable and some this is what you get – no changes
But I do applaud Big Windows for the screen blip it calls managed metadata services. That's one tiny leap of faith for Microsoft
Here's the key to understanding social: the fundamental element of any social computing solution, any content management platform, and linking the two together is metadata . It is attached to all of your content, it organizes and differentiates your lists and libraries, and it enables your workflows and forms. On top of your metadata layer are your structured taxonomy and your unstructured, or ad hoc taxonomy. Microsoft has coined the term "folksonomy" for this user generated metadata. Taxonomy, whether structured or unstructured, provides order and purpose to your content and to your platform
One of the most popular presentations I give at various SharePoint events around the world attempts to illustrate the correlation of metadata, the increasingly prevalent social computing tools we use within the enterprise, and our efforts to track, measure, and improve productivity. My argument is simple: metadata is at the core of every enterprise social tool, and social computing are the key to improving productivity across the enterprise
In this second installment, we dive a little deeper into the benefits of applying information architecture (IA), metadata, and taxonomy to EDRMS
In our final post, we provide suggestions on how to successfully apply information architecture (IA), metadata, and taxonomy to EDRMS. As we talked about last week, information architecture, metadata and taxonomies are essential to a successful EDRMS implementation