information standards lunch and learn
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Information StandardsLunch and Learn
Matt JohnsonJuly 21, 2011
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ObjectivesUnderstand:• What information
standards are• Some fundamental
problems which they can help solve• What tools are used
to solve them• How we can help you
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Stuff can be hard to find.
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Structured informationhelps you find it.
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Who are you and why are you telling me this?• Program Manager,
Information Standards, eServices
• Managing data in NGOE T3 application and across its various integrations
• Expertise:• web portal
optimization• content delivery• content classification• search optimization
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Problem: grouping like things together
Where do I start?
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Problem: grouping like things together
“Knives”
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Problem: grouping like things together
“Knives”
“Things I use with knives”
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Problem: grouping like things together
“Things that cut”
But which category works best?
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Solution: grouping like things together
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Solution: grouping like things together
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Problem: grouping like things together
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Problem: grouping like things together
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Problem: grouping like things together
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Problem: grouping like things together
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Problem: grouping like things together
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Problem: grouping like things together
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Problem: grouping like things together
“eggplant” “aubergine”
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Solution: grouping like things together
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Solution: grouping like things together
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Solution: grouping like things together
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Solution: grouping like things together
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Solution: grouping like things together
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Problem: keeping unlike things distinct
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Problem: keeping unlike things distinct
“whales”
“Wales”
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Problem: keeping unlike things distinct
“bass”
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Problem: keeping unlike things distinct
“bass”
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Problem: keeping unlike things distinct
“bass”
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Problem: keeping unlike things distinct
“bass”
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Problem: keeping unlike things distinct
“bass”
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Problem: keeping unlike things distinct
“bass”
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Problem: keeping unlike things distinct
“bass”
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Solution: keeping unlike things distinct
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Linking information
Shortest
More Authoritative
Longest
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Linking information
Shortest
More Authoritative
Longest
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Linking information
“Aisle 2: Cheese”
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Linking information
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Linking information
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Linking information
“Specialty cheeses are in the deli section.”
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Linking information
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Linking information
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What is information architecture?• “the structural design of
shared information environments” (Morville/Rosenfeld)
• “the art and science of organizing and labeling websites, intranets, online communities and software to support usability” (IAI)
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What are information standards?• Building
blocks
• Fit to IA frame
• Formal or de facto
• Global, industry, enterprise
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Architecture + standards: better together
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What’s a taxonomy?
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What’s a taxonomy?
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What’s a taxonomy?
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What’s a taxonomy?
• Classification of things or concepts• Controlled vocabulary• Hierarchical structure• Used for enterprise
applications, public web sites
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What’s a thesaurus?
• Groups like things together
• Makes fine-grain distinctions among like things
• Contrasts like with unlike
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What is Master Data Management (MDM)?
“A set of processes and tools that consistently defines and manages the non-transactional data entities of an organization”
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Information Standards activities
• Curate authoritative enterprise metadata
• Establish best practices• Ensure currency and quality• Support knowledge discovery• Consult with consumers
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