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Taxonomy Strategies LLC The business of organized information
1 Information International Associates, Inc.
Susan Fagan, OEI, OIAA
September 2006
Web Taxonomy Project
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Taxonomy project progress
4/9 4/16 4/23 4/30 5/7 5/14 5/21 5/28 6/4 6/11 6/18 6/25 7/2
1 Business Case
Business case session (5/8)
Interviews
Kick-off meetings (4/12)
Business case
2 Metadata Specification Draft spec
Metadata session (5/16) via phone
4 Testing & Guidelines
EPA testing
Draft guidelines
Editorial session (6/20)
5 Governance Process
Governance session (7/6)
Draft & test taxonomy3 Vocabulary
Development ID & gather
Vocabularies session (5/25)
Added Metadata & vocabulary review session (6/7)
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What was done
Defined the value of taxonomy to EPA and its constituencies.
Factored out the discrete facets (people, places, organizations, and things) from existing vocabularies.
Specified how to maintain them as separate controlled vocabularies.
Tagged some content using the facets in combination.
Developed editorial & governance guidelines.
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Overall Web Taxonomy goals
Provide a single methodology for categorizing information across EPA offices, programs, and regions.
Reduce the time it takes to successfully target and find cross-Program/Region information Enable and enforce content linking across the agency
Build common agency-wide terminology resources Eliminate multiple, ambiguous taxonomies Eliminate multiple glossaries, abbreviations and acronyms
Group things differently depending on the context e.g., ground water with drinking water, or ground water with water
quality
Get the right content to the right people in the right format at the right time.
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Metadata goals/recommendations
Require metadata.
Make it easy to add & change metadata. Incorporate metadata into content workflow. Pre-populate metadata for user approval.
Provide incentives for quality user-contributed metadata (search results, more links). Provide almost instantaneous feedback using that
metadata.
Make it easy to change website organization without having to re-index or re-code pages.
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Personalized content delivery requires defining taxonomy facets
Facet Definition Source
Function EPA business function or service that is covered by or related to the content.
EPA Business Reference Model 4.7.3 (2006-03-08)
Human Health Specific disease or health concern referred to or associated with content.
EPA Controlled Vocabulary
Industry Industry sector that is covered by or related to the content.
EPA Controlled Vocabulary, NAICS
Organization EPA or external organizational unit that is covered by or related to the content.
EPA Website, EPA Controlled Vocabulary
Laws & Regulations
Specific regulation that is covered by or related to the content.
EPA Controlled Vocabulary, EPA Website, TRS
Substance Chemicals and substances covered by or related to the content.
EPA Controlled Vocabulary, EPCRA List of Lists
Topic Extensible list of topics that content is about, and/or why the content is important.
EPA Controlled Vocabulary
Information
Types
A typology that indicates what type of information this is.
Welchman Consulting, Taxonomy interviews, Website Analysis
Geography Place which the content covers or is related to.
EPA Controlled Vocabulary, USPS, ISO
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EPA Web Taxonomy: Topics sub-facets
AdvisoryChildren’s HealthExposureFood SafetyHealth AssessmentHealth EffectHealth Risk Occupational HealthPesticide EffectsSenior's HealthSun ProtectionToxicity
Human Health
CommunitiesEconomics &
FinancingGlobal Climate
ChangeInternational
CooperationRisk AssessmentTechnical AssistanceTechnical CooperationVoluntary Partnerships
Economics & Policy Topics
Topics
Emergencies & Cleanup Topics
CleanupBrownfieldsCleanup Technology
Corrective ActionsStorage TanksSuperfund
EmergenciesAccidentsContingency PlansCounter-TerrorismDisastersEmergency Preparedness
Oil SpillsPoisoningRadiation Emergencies
Storage Tank Spills
Environmental Media Topics
AirEcosystemsWasteWater
Industrial
Industrial EcologyIndustrial processesLarge BuildingsOrphaned SourcesPesticide TopicsRadiation &
RadioactivitySmall BusinessStorage Tanks
Research, Prevention & Control
Pollution PreventionPhysical AspectsResearchTreatment & Control
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Using the EPA Web Taxonomy is different
No longer parking content in just one place.
Tag content with as many terms as necessary to describe What the content is about & Why it is important.
Anticipate how the content will be searched for in the future, & how to make it easy to find.
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Taxonomy tagging example 1
Title: Roles of Federal Agencies
URL: http://www.epa.gov/radiation/yucca/rolesof.htm
Facets Values
Info Types Basic Information & Facts
Functions Manage Radiation; Provide Public Information, Education & Outreach
Industries n/a
Laws & Regs Energy Policy Act
Organizations Office of Air and Radiation; Department of Energy; Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Department of Transportation; Mine Safety and Health Administration
Substances Spent Fuels, High-Level Waste
Topics Waste Disposal, Radioactive Waste, Radiation Protection
Audiences All
Geography Yucca Mountain
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EPA Web Taxonomy Editorial Rules
There are 24 rules covering issues such as
Capitalization, Abbreviations, Plural noun forms,
Spaces, Synonyms, Acronyms, Alphabetic ordering, etc
Microsoft Word Document
Rule Title Case Capitalization shall be used.
Example Term: Air Pollution Monitoring
NOT: AIR POLLUTION MONITORING
NOT: Air pollution monitoring
NOT: air pollution monitoring
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Recommended governance outlook
Measure & improve mindset Gather & evaluate suggestions. Detect & correct errors. Examine user activity, such as query logs.
Integrated handling of Taxonomy, Metadata, UI, & Search To be most effective, these must work together. Governance structure can help that happen.
Form Taxonomy Committee which reports to the Web Council and is responsible for taxonomy maintenance (Gather changes, Review and prioritize changes, Approve changes)
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Recommended governance structure
EPA Web Council
Taxonomy Committee
Chair
Taxonomy Editor Content Coordinators Infrastructure Coordinators
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Workgroup Members
Ann-Marie Bramer, ASRC Contractors, WWG
Sam Boltik, ASRC Contractors, WWG
Serenety Hanley, OPA, CC
Cy Kidd, OW, IC
Lisa Jenkins, OSWER, IC
Margo Palmer, Region 01, IC
Dennis Schulte, Contractor, WWG
Glenna Shields, OAR, WWG
Shhonn Taylor, OECA, IC
Susan Woestman, Region 05, IC
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Questions?
Susan Fagan, OEI
202-566-2021, [email protected]
Two Sessions Wed Sept 13
3:00-3:45 or 3:45-4:30
EPA Web Taxonomy wiki http://taxonomy.jkshirey.us/doku.php