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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Hedden, Heather

Titel

The accidental taxonomist

Ort / Verlag

Medford, New Jersey : Information Today, Inc.

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte als Nachdruck behandelte Auflagen
• What are taxonomies? -- Who are taxonomists? -- Creating terms, concepts, labels -- Creating relationships -- Software for taxonomy creation and management -- Taxonomies for human indexing -- Taxonomies for automated tagging and categorization -- Taxonomy structures -- Taxonomy displays -- Taxonomy planning, design, and creation -- Taxonomy implementation and evolution -- Ontologies -- Taxonomy work and the profession -- Appendix A. Survey of taxonomists -- Appendix B. Glossary -- Appendix C. Recommended reading -- Appendix D. Websites.
• "The Accidental Taxonomist is the most comprehensive guide available to the art and science of building information taxonomies. Heather Hedden-a leading taxonomy expert and instructor-walks readers through the process, displaying her trademark ability to present highly technical information in straightforward, comprehensive English. In this fully revised third edition, Hedden adds an entirely new chapter on ontologies, emphasizes the SKOS model of concepts over the traditional thesaurus model of terms, and provides new insights into taxonomy devel-opment techniques. She presents fresh survey data; new screenshots and examples; and updated information on software, career opportunities, and resources for taxonomists. Drawing on numerous real-world examples, she explains how to create concepts and relationships, design taxonomy struc-tures, select taxonomy management software, create taxonomies for manual vs. automated tagging, plan and manage taxonomy projects, adapt taxono-mies to various user interfaces, and more"--