Re: Content Classifications / Taxonomies

Hi,

On 6/14/05, Tim Denby <[email protected]> wrote:
> Metadata? Thesauri? Taxonomies? Topic Maps!
> http://www.ontopia.net/topicmaps/materials/tm-vs-thesauri.html

I'd also like to point out that one of the stronger messages in that
article (and the same would happen if you asked any librarian, too, or
me, or Clay Shirky, or any knowledge representation professional) is
that taxonomies and other means of simple classification schemes are
dead ends. Faceted classification based on thesaurii seems a good
option, but really; don't lock yourself into thinking anything can be
classified as only one thing.


Alex 
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