Hello all,
Firstly, apologies for those of you on more than one group that get multiple
copies of this.
I am looking for some advice on a tricky issue. We have developed a new
functional fileplan for our organisation, which will use a taxonomy as the
metadata. As part of a merger we are now working with others to combine our
fileplan with theirs, to have a consistent one across the organisation.
My belief is that taxonomies and fileplans are different things, with
different functions and capabilities - they are not interchangeable. One of
the members of our working group is determined that we use the taxonomy, as
it is already there, and even though it isn't very good and isn't fit for
purpose we should use it, because it's there. I have also been told that
anything we implement won't work, so why bother doing any hard work when
it's going to fail anyway!
Does anyone have any arguments or evidence that prove one way or the other
which is the more sensible approach. I would prefer ones that support my
argument, but if there is overwhelming evidence that using the taxonomy is
the best way forward, I am prepared to be open-minded about it.
Any advice or guidance would be much appreciated, and if I get enough
responses I will be post them back to the lists
Thanks
Megan
Megan Roberts
Information Manager
DCSA Directorate Strategic Transition
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