Hello all:
My book "Building Enterprise Taxonomies" has just been published and is
now available from Amazon.com or your favorite bookseller. I'm
discovering that the "product description" information on the Amazon
listing is pretty thin so I wanted to give a bit of additional
information to this group (I'm told "search inside the book" will be
available in a few weeks). The book is 238 pages in length and is
intended as a primer on creating, applying and maintaining controlled
vocabularies.
The chapters include:
1. Findability
2. Metadata
3. Taxonomy
4. Preparations
5. Terms
6. Structure
7. Interoperability
8. Ontology
9. Folksonomy
In addition to the basics of taxonomy and thesauri, I also cover
ontologies and folksonomies. I believe this is the only book currently
available that specifically discusses the application of XML-based
technologies and standards (including XSLT, RDF, Zthes, SKOS, etc.) to
managed vocabularies. There is also a section on how taxonomy relates to
and supports Dublin Core.
"Building Enterprise Taxonomies" (ISBN: 978-1419693625)is available from
Amazon and other retailers for $39.99. I can also provide copies
directly at a 30% discount to members of the Dublin Core list (though I
think Amazon currently has it a bit cheaper). If you have any interest,
questions or would like to order a copy directly from me, please email
me offlist ([log in to unmask]). I would appreciate any feedback
and critique you may have. The direct link to the book on Amazon.com is
below.
http://www.amazon.com/Building-Enterprise-Taxonomies-Darin-Stewart/dp/141969362X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1210713682&sr=8-1
-dls-
Darin L. Stewart, Ph.D.
Director, Web Strategies and Research Information Services
Oregon Health & Science University
503.494.9119
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