Synaptica talks with recognized taxonomist, blogger and author of The Accidental Taxonomist (Information Today) Heather Hedden. Heather works with Gale/Cengage Learning as a Senior Vocabulary editor and lives in Carlisle,…
We recently noted what for us was a thought-provoking detail when comparing Gartner’s “Hype Cycles” from 2016 to 2017. There are undoubtedly lots of very perceptive observations on trends and…
The iSchool at San José State University presents a Silicon Valley Success Story The goal of the project was to help Silicon Valley Startup Redlink develop a new taxonomy of…
It’s that time of year, folks, when it seems like everyone is publishing some kind of year end list or “round up” of the years news highlights, blogs and blog…
This blog includes some useful thoughts related to Controlled Vocabularly. Examples of controlled vocabularies are lists, synonym rings, taxonomies, and thesauri. Controlled vocabularies provide a way to organize knowledge for subsequent…