Heather Hedden on Taxonomies

<p>My guest today is Heather Hedden. Heather is an information management consultant specialized in taxonomies, controlled vocabularies, metadata, and indexing. She’s the author of two books, including <em><a href= "https://www.hedden-information.com/accidental-taxonomist/">The Accidental Taxonomist</a></em>, a guide to the discipline of taxonomy creation and management. In this conversation, we explore taxonomies and why they’re important for organizations.</p> <h2>Listen to the full conversation</h2> <p><a href= "https://theinformeddotlife.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/the-informed-life-episode-40-heather-hedden.mp3"> Download episode 40</a></p> <span id="more-829"></span> <h2>Show notes</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.hedden-information.com">Hedden Information Management</a></li> <li><a href="http://accidental-taxonomist.blogspot.com">Heather’s blog</a></li> <li><a href= "http://www.hedden-information.com/courses-workshops/taxonomy-course/"> Heather’s online taxonomy course</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.hedden-information.com/accidental-taxonomist/"><em>The Accidental Taxonomist, 2nd Ed</em></a> by Heather Hedden</li> <li><a href="https://www.cengage.com">Cengage</a></li> <li><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roget%27s_Thesaurus"><em>Roget’s Thesaurus</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ansi.org">American National Standards Institute (ANSI)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.iso.org/home.html">International Organization for Standardization (ISO)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.w3.org">World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.w3.org/OWL/">Web Ontology Language (OWL)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.w3.org/RDF/">Resource Description Framework (RDF)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/">Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS)</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/sharepoint/collaboration"> Microsoft SharePoint</a><br /></li> </ul> <p><em>Some show notes may include Amazon affiliate links. I get a small commission for pur