Practice Area Profile: Taxonomy Development (74 KB)
By Cadence Group
Learn about Cadence Group solutions that help you significantly improve access to content through better classification, organization, and structure.

Presentation: Seven Signs You Need a Taxonomy
By Cadence Group
View this presentation to find out what a taxonomy is and is not and whether you have any of the “seven telltale signs” that you need one. Learn how to improve search results, consolidate multiple media formats into one repository, increase e-commerce conversion rates, improve access to knowledgebases and get your classification systems in sync.

Web-Based Resources for Environmental Public Health Practitioners
By Pamela S. Wigington and Teresa M. Sims
Published in the Journal of Environmental Health, Volume 70, No. 8 from the National Environmental Health Association.

This article from the Environmental Health Services Branch (EHSB) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides an overview of the wealth of environmental health resources available for download on the EHSB Web site. The site includes 10 major content areas with topics as diverse as concentrated animal-feeding operations (CAFO), air quality, food safety, West Nile virus and workforce development issues. The Web site is a major part of EHSB’s plans for dissemination of new tools information.

Taxonomies: The Backbone of Enterprise Content Management
By Cadence Group
This article explains why creating a taxonomy is central to any enterprise content strategy. Without that framework, even the best technology may not meet your expectations – because of the numerous intranet sites and discrete pieces of information that have no way of interconnecting. The article also lists the seven telltale signs you need a taxonomy and suggests different approaches to developing yours.

What is ECM?
By AIIM - The ECM Association
It's not enough to "manage" content.
Enterprise Content Management (ECM) is comprised of the technologies used to capture, manage, store, preserve, and deliver content and documents related to organizational processes. ECM tools and strategies allow the management of an organization's unstructured information, wherever that information exists.

AIIM Industry Watch BLOG
By AIIM - The ECM Association
Get the latest data and trends on the Enterprise Content Management industry at John Mancini's BLOG.

Industry Watch: Capture and Imaging Technologies: User Perspectives and Buying Intentions
By John Mancini, President, AIIM
In February 2005, AIIM conducted an industry study to find out how over 800 different organizations used and managed capture and scanning technologies. The survey was conducted using an on-line survey instrument, and the survey population was drawn from AIIM's database. Respondents were principally from the United States. View the survey results and analysis at this link.

The Current State of Information Management Compliance: A Summary of Findings from User Research on Compliance and Information Management
By Industry Watch
The World of Information Management: Information technology increasingly enables organizations to do things better, faster, and cheaper. At the same time, 90% of the information that organizations must manage is unstructured – information that does not neatly fall into the rows and columns of a traditional database. Moreover, unstructured information is at the heart of business processes. Processes cannot be improved until this flow of information is standardized, digitized, and managed. So, within organizations, there is a constant push to rapidly deploy technologies to reduce costs and improve processes. Read this summary of findings from user research.