1、Consulting from Within:Best Practices for the Solo Taxonomist,Bonnie GriffinTaxonomy Consultant Enterprise KnowledgeTaxonomy Bootcamp,Nov 2024,Bonnie,Semantic/Knowledge Engineering Practice,GRIFFIN,Experienced developing taxonomies across sectors including human resources,customer support,and financ
2、ial services.,Quick Poll,How many of you work on a team of 2 or more taxonomists?How many of you work on a team of 10 or more taxonomists?Who here is the only taxonomist at their organization?,Agenda,Introducing Taxonomy Project Scoping Taxonomy Development:In Progress Adapting to Changing Prioritie
3、s“Finishing”a Project,Introducing Taxonomy&Getting Started,Identifying“almost taxonomies”GlossariesProduct lists Risk categories Tags(folksonomies)Keywords Existing metadata External resources Emphasizing taxonomy principles in their language Push for standards,but be flexible,Avoid,Assuming youre s
4、tarting from scratch Overly insisting on taxonomy-specific termsRigid vision of implementation,Instead,try,Continually re-introducing taxonomy in various mediumsCloning yourself!Identify allies who can accurately introduce taxonomy as well as you could,in your own words.,Avoid,Assuming retention of
5、prior knowledge-sharingExpecting to be successful as a solo taxonomist*,Instead,try,Relying on buy-in by referring to taxonomy in terms of“industry standards,”“best practices”Making taxonomy implementation simply sound like more work for engineering teams,Illustrating how taxonomy could ease specifi
6、c pain points Framing taxonomy as something that makes their work easier+more impactfulShare how this benefits the end user/drives cost savings,Avoid,Instead,try,Taxonomy Project Scoping,Over-promising Promising to deliver the full project yourself,Setting realistic expectations Communicating the ne