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IP View Rebecca Jones and Jane Dysart, Editors - Intranet Professional Too often we information professionals view taxonomies as a way to slice and dice content and information objects into organized, linear views. Our emphasis has tended to be on the content. But taxonomies are much, much more than content coordinators. Taxonomies are, as Vivian Bliss so eloquently points out in this month's "Taxonomies: Connecting People with Content," tools for creating context for clients and for content. We are, as a profession, delighted with the fact that taxonomies have gained new notoriety in fact, taxonomies are almost glitzy! Whew! What pleases us the most is that the value of taxonomies and the intellectual work involved in developing and managing them are being recognized. We need to ensure that this value recognition continues by emphasizing not just the content but the context and clients as well. Keeping with the theme of content, Cindy Ross-Pederson writes about "Content Management Tools." If you've been confused about the various products on the market, have a look at how Cindy breaks them down into four categories and her advice for working through the selection process of identifying and evaluating the tool that's right for your Web site. This month also features the final installment of Lesley Ellen Harris' three-part series on negotiating and licensing content for intranets. This seasoned lawyer reminds us of the factors to be considered in negotiating contracts for globally deployed intranets. Content management has been a pervasive theme throughout conferences this year. Computers in Libraries 2001 [www.infotoday.com/cil2001] featured sessions on utilizing intranet technologies. Bonnie Burwell's talk on "Intranet Toolkits" expanded on her earlier articles in Intranet Professional (January/February 2000 and March/April 2001); go to http:www.inftoday.com/cil2001/presentations/burwelltoolkit.ppt. She had much to say about content software vendors and the future of these products as they evolve to address the fast-pace of external-internal data streams. As always, we welcome
your input, conference reviews, insight, and ideas on these and all intranet
and knowledge-related issues. Drop us a note and let us know your approaches
or products you'd like to see us review. In the meantime — enjoy the summer.
Rebecca and
Jane
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