Step Two Designs

As an intranet becomes more popular and contributions to the site increase, the number of pages, documents and articles and, subsequently, the number of results on search queries, grows exponentially. Sifting and sorting through this ever-growing information becomes more and more difficult. In this article we’ll look at three intranets from the Intranet Innovation Awards [...]

Categorised under: Intranets, Search tools, Usability & user-centered design

Also tagged: classification, faceted, Intranets, metadata, search, taxonomies

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Deane Barker asks the question: what is metadata in content management systems? To quote: I going to try and impugn one of the great concepts of content management: metadata. I’m going to argue that in the world of Web content management (WCM), it doesn’t really exist. Well, it might, but if it does, it’s awfully [...]

Categorised under: Content management, Information architecture

Also tagged: content management systems, metadata

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Karen Loasby has written a post on ways of adding metadata. To quote: I was digging around in my files this weekend and found this table I made once of different approaches to applying metadata to content. At first glance the volunteers example looks like it is only relevant to charities but alot of scenarios [...]

Categorised under: Information architecture

Also tagged: metadata

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Metadata is a topic that almost invariably comes up when creating or refreshing a website or intranet. While basic metadata is routinely captured by most publishing tools, including content management systems and portals, there is still widespread confusion about its uses and limits. Common questions include: How important is metadata? What metadata should we be [...]

Categorised under: Intranets, Usability & user-centered design, Web development

Also tagged: folksonomies, Intranets, metadata, tagging, taxonomies, websites

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