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Createasphere Presentation (3/02/2011): DAM Book Resources
Here is a list of the DAM resources that I listed in my Createasphere Presentation in Universal City (Los Angeles), CA, on March 2, 2011: Dont Make me Think – Steve Krug Mental Models – Indi Young...
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Use the Automator to Extract a list of Filenames to a Txt file
The MAC OS Automator is the swiss army knife of tools, just take a look at these “10 Awesome Uses for Automator” and I often wonder how I lived without it. In my line of work, sometimes I need to...
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Ode to the Knowledge Worker
This is a field with a million different ways to interpret or apply something. It’s a field with a million different answers to one question and it is a field with a million questions that have no true...
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Different Types of Controlled Vocabularies
——————————————————————————————— There are four types of Controlled Vocabularies: ——————————————————————————————— >Value list: Lists of terms with no semantic relationships. For example a list of...
View ArticleTaxonomy Development: When in doubt, buy a book!
I’m often asked about my process in creating taxonomies where no taxonomy has gone before (or they have and no ones talking). All taxonomists have little tricks they use to make the magic happen and...
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Marketing your metadata schemas: Break them out of the spreadsheet!
With most things in life, context is key. We work with it so much we often forget how abstract a metadata schema trapped in a spreadsheet can be. All our hours of work, relegated to a boring set of...
View ArticleThe Role of Digital Art History: Report by Samuel H. Kress Foundation
A colleague just pointed me in the direction of a new report out on Art History’s transition (or lack thereof) to digital, written by Diane M. Zorich, for the Samuel H. Kress Foundation. Her report...
View ArticleStill holding, not selling: Dublin Core vs. Schema.org
I was recently asked why I use Dublin Core, rather than Schema.org, what follows is my response: The short version: In this field, you tend to be cautious about new standards. I think Schema.org is now...
View ArticleA data model named DITA
I’ve recently been exploring the DITA model/standard more heavily, pros and cons, and I’m sad to say I still don’t have a strong opinion for or against and here’s why: * To make ample use of DITA...
View ArticleWhat kind of Content Strategist are you?
I’ve been thinking a lot about the meaning of content strategy, its definition, practices and its intersection with other disciplines. In line with this, I re-read Erin Kissane’s article about the...
View ArticleFAQ: How’d I get here?
Q: “Hello, I’m looking to transition from [insert libraries, archives, museum, etc., here]. Would you tell me more about your career, what kinds of experience you have, and any advice you would give to...
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Createasphere Presentation (3/02/2011): DAM Book Resources
Here is a list of the DAM resources that I listed in my Createasphere Presentation in Universal City (Los Angeles), CA, on March 2, 2011: Dont Make me Think – Steve Krug Mental Models – Indi Young...
View ArticleContent Modeling: a definition.
Content modeling is the process in which we determine where the content is coming from, the systems that manage it, who owns it, the operational considerations, and the structure of the content itself...
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