Presentation Description This talk is a short report on ISO 25964 progress and outcomes focusing on Part 2: Thesauri and interoperability with other vocabularies. Part 2 of ISO 25964 is essentially a primer on how to map concepts to a thesaurus. This presentation was part of the panel “International standards for KOS supporting information retrieval and machine learning assessment” at …
Using Schema and Value Vocabularies to Structure Information Applications
Presentation Description This talk is about application profiles as a framework for structuring information applications and why this is important in the context of knowledge organization systems and artificial intelligence. Date: August 19, 2026 Venue: International Society for Knowledge Organization – ISKO 2026 Location: São Paulo, Brazil Broad Topic: Automation Presenter: Joseph Busch, Principal Analyst, Taxonomy Strategies Watch this Presentation: Download Presentation: MP4 | PDF Download Paper: …
Report on NKOS Workshop @ DCMI 2026
On Monday, August 3 an excellent NKOS Workshop was held at DCMI 2026, the international conference on Dublin Core and metadata applications. The Workshop included five presentations on AI-assisted KOS modeling, mapping, indexing and retrieval applications, and a panel discussion with five perspectives on establishing ethical guidelines for use of AI tools in KOS and metadata services. There were 30 …
The Myth of the “Post-Literate” Executive
Industry commentators frequently declare that we are entering a post-literate era where visual interfaces and automated agents render precise language obsolete. This is a fundamental misunderstanding of modern technology.
Metadata: Defining and Harnessing [2009]
Download Presentation | PDF – PPT Presentation Script Download Dr. Seuss Rhyme Script | PDF Presentation Description Ron Daniel, Taxonomy Strategies at Taxonomy Boot Camp on November 20, 2009, in San Jose, California. This presentation defines metadata as “data about data” and taxonomies as the “controlled vocabularies” used to organize it. It champions “faceted taxonomies” —using simple categories like “Cuisines” or “Brand”—as …
Testing & Usability: Making Taxonomies Work [2005]
Download Presentation | PDF – PPT Presentation Description Presented at the Taxonomy Boot Camp, Sept. 27-28, 2005, New York, NY. This presentation covers qualitative and quantitative methods for testing a taxonomy’s usability. Qualitative methods involve expert reviews, editorial rule checks, sample content tagging, user surveys, and task-based usability tests like card sorting. Quantitative methods use data to analyze the taxonomy’s …
Making the Business Case for Taxonomy [2005]
Download Presentation | PDF – PPT Presentation Description Presented at the Taxonomy Boot Camp, Sept. 27-28, 2005, New York, NY. This presentation argues the business case for implementing a taxonomy. Its core idea is that while tagging content costs money, the real benefit comes from using that tagging to cut costs or increase revenue. The presentation identifies that knowledge workers …
DCMI 2025: Business Classification Semantics and Metadata to Support Risk and Compliance Use Cases
Presentation Description The African Development Bank is a leader in documentation of development project activities, and of policies that promote the disclosure and access to project activities documentation. This paper discusses what a business classification scheme (BCS) is and how BCS semantics and metadata support risk and compliance use cases that are common to multilateral development organizations as well as …
DCMI 2025: Using Schema and Value Vocabularies to Provide Consistency Across Structured Content
Panel Description Application profiles provide a framework for structuring information related to a particular application. These can include two types of vocabularies – schema and value vocabularies. Schema vocabularies specify the properties and attributes related to the application, while value vocabularies specify the valid instances for those properties and attributes. Schema vocabularies can point to existing schemas such as SKOS …
The Struggle to Make Language Models a Human Powered Instrument: How Did We Get Here and What Can We Do About This?
Presentation Description This presentation traces the speaker’s journey with Knowledge Organization Systems (KOS) from early vocabularies to their vital role in Generative AI. Early efforts in knowledge mapping anticipated today’s AI, though modern LLMs (Large Language Models) became possible with advancements like GPUs and transformers. Joseph Busch stresses that while LLMs are powerful, their reliability improves significantly by integrating KOS, particularly through Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), which injects relevant, pre-processed information. …
Taxonomy Testing: How to Prove that It Will Work
Presentation Description This presentation discusses the importance of taxonomy testing to ensure its effectiveness before implementation, focusing on qualitative and quantitative methods, and emphasizing the need for a well-defined research plan to achieve testing goals. The presentation also covers various contextual analysis methods such as focus groups, card sorting, scenario testing, and content tagging to validate the taxonomy and gather …
Report on KM World 2024
KM World is one of the leading knowledge management events, held annually in Washington, D.C. The conference theme – “KM & Enterprise Intelligence: Human or Artificial?” included presentations from vendors, consultants and KM practitioners. There are several co-located events including Taxonomy Boot Camp (where I gave two presentations1), Text Analytics Forum, Enterprise Search & Discovery, and Enterprise AI World.