Happy Friday, everyone.
I just hate missing out on worthwhile information resources. So I wonder
whether any list member can help me: does the “Policy Taxonomy” advertised
below have any value, or indeed any redeeming characteristic? Does it have
any bearing on Records Management as claimed by its author? Am I missing
something, or have I (as I fear) just spent a while trying to understand
something that is approximately valueless?
As far as I can see, this "taxonomy" is a listing of 991 "policies" that are
(it claims) “common to most enterprises”. The problem is that the policies
appear to be IDENTICAL save for the two or three words that are the name of
the policy. So, for example, the definition of “Analysis Artifact
Management Policy” is identical to the definition of “Alert Identification
Code Management Policy” save that the words “Analysis Artifact” appear in
the first, and the words “Alert Identification Code” in the second. And it
gets worse: the same is true of the “Parent IT Disciplines” for these two
policies. In fact, the same appears to be true of ALL the terms; it is
certainly true of the several I have looked at, though I have obviously not
looked at all 991. The whole thing appears to be mechanically generated and
nearly content-free.
So: am I missing something, or is this a complete waste of electrons?
Marc Fresko
PS: I do hope all readers have both an “Analysis Artifact Management
Policy” and an “Alert Identification Code Management Policy”, as they are
meant to be “common to most enterprises”...
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From: The Information and Records Management Society mailing list
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Frank Guerino
Sent: 23 August 2013 19:08
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Subject: Taxonomy of Policy Types for Records Management
Good Day,
(Apologies for cross posting. It was recommended I forward this to this
listserv, after having sent to the US listserv.)
The Foundation recently released its Taxonomy of Policy Types (a.k.a. Policy
Taxonomy), which provides a linear inventory of many of the key policies
types .
Such taxonomies are often used as part of broader Records Management. For
example, they may be used to facilitate managing inventories of the types of
policies maintained by an enterprise or in the categorizing of stored
policies, in Electronic or Paper Libraries.
This Taxonomy of Policy Types is reconciled with and lexicographically
aligned to the Taxonomy of Record Types, as well as with all other
taxonomies. All Taxonomy elements or entries link back to their specific
parent Discipline area and to their Glossary entry.
Other taxonomies that may be useful to you and your enterprise can be found
at the IF4IT Taxonomy Inventory page.
I hope you find the material useful.
My Best,
Frank
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Frank Guerino, Chairman
The International Foundation for Information Technology (IF4IT)
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