Session 1: Introduction to Metadata and Controlled Vocabularies and their Use
- Definitions of metadata and controlled vocabularies
- Types, examples, and uses of metadata, controlled vocabularies and taxonomies
- Standards and models for metadata and controlled vocabularies
- Tagging with controlled vocabularies
- Categories vs. tags
- Auto-tagging and AI
Session 2: Planning and Development of Controlled Vocabularies
- Building vs. Buying a Taxonomy
- Identifying Candidate Metadata and Vocabularies
- Determining Controlled Vocabulary Types
- Determining Metadata Rules and Governance
Session 3: Creating Taxonomy Terms and Relationships
- Creating and wording of terms
- Creating alternative labels/synonyms
- Sources for terms
- Creating taxonomy hierarchical relationships
- Using generative AI for creating terms and relationships
Session 4: Taxonomy Design and Implementation
- Hierarchical taxonomy design
- Faceted taxonomy design
- Combinations of controlled vocabularies and search, queries, and Semantic AI
- Tools for taxonomies
- Advanced taxonomy topics: multilingual taxonomies, linking taxonomies, ontologies (one slide each)