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What’s in a label? Leveraging Categories and Tags for Orientation and Retrieval
UNC School of GovernmentWebsite Workshop Series,
March 2014Stefanie Panke
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Metadata
• Keywords, Tags: Usually assigned to describe a single resource, dynamic, as many as needed
• Categories: Usually assigned to describe more than one resource, stable, limited vocabulary
Result: Index
Result: Taxonomy
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Taxonomy
• Tree structure• Strict taxonomy:
Every item has oneexact place
• Related concept:Ontology – multiple, interconnectedtrees
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Direct Display of Information
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Categories: Information Containers
Useful for organizing large amounts of data
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Website: 19 categories
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Bookstore: 21 categories
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Status Quo: Multiple, Different, Overlapping Category Systems
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In Search of the Rosetta Stone
The Goal: Harmonize different sets of categories to create functional vocabulary• speak to faculty, staff
and clients / web users• allow for effective information
display in more than one place
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Categorize Resource Sites
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Categorize Resource Sites: Round 1
• Form 9 Teams (1-2)• Each team categorizes 5 resource sites• Each team assigns 10 categories (2 per
resource)• Time: 5 Minutes!
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Categorize Resource Sites: Round 2
• Switch resource sites between team• Assign 10 categories (2 per resource), only if
needed• Time: 5 Minutes!
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Review Categories
• Review Mindmaps / Index Cards• Put a sticker on every category you want to
see as part of a School of Government Taxonomy
• Use small colorful stickers for subcategories• Use large blue stickers for main categories• Time: 20 Minutes
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Index Cards
Sticker = Term Part of School of Government Taxonomy
Don’t worry about duplicates!
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Taxonomy on the fly
Shout out categories, we will document on the fly