CKS-Business Taxonomy & Ontology Course Overview (Next Class: Jan 21-22, 2025)

2-Day (Virtual) Certification Class
Next Class: Jan 21-22, 2025 - Register Now!

Learning Objectives
Communicate the concepts of taxonomy and metadata in both business and technical terms
Educate your organization on the value and potential returns on investment of proper taxonomy design Facilitate internal taxonomy design workshops Manage a taxonomy design project, from start to finish, for your organization Sustain your taxonomies, ensuring they evolve in an effective manner to support your business Leverage best practices and proven methodologies for ontology design
Understand the most common applications of ontologies to enable advanced semantic capabilities within your organization If you are looking to gain the necessary knowledge to lead your organization on the right path, get started here.

Topics Covered:
- Information Architecture (IA)
- Taxonomy design foundational principles and best practices
- Taxonomy validation techniques and tools
- Content types and their benefits
- The importance of content clean-up
- Common taxonomy use cases and applications
- Common ontology use cases and applications
- Taxonomy Management Systems (TMS) and how they work
- Ontologies and advanced semantic capabilities

00:00 - 00:15 - Intro
00:20 - 00:31 - Organizational Benefits of this Course
00:32 - 02:05 - Course Overview (Class Details & Instructor Welcomes)
02:06 - 02:45 - Agenda - Day 1
02:46 - 03:43 - Agenda - Day 2
03:44 - 03:50 - Our Overall Goal
03:50 - 4:11 - Class Calendar/KMI Contact Info