Describes taxonomy and metadata implementation in SharePoint 2007, including other findability topics such as search, navigation and 3rd party add-ons.
3. Typical SharePoint Projects
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Biz
Reqs Implementtttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
Business Business
Implement Implement Implement
Req’s Req’s
Where is the information architecture?!
Examples courtesy of Lulu Pachuau:
http://www.slideshare.net/LuluP/information‐architecture‐and‐sharepoint
6. Before we start… some basics
Site Collections Collection of sites
Primary source of
main navigation
Container for lists/libraries
Sites Primary source of “quick
launch” navigation
List: Basic unit of storage,
Lists collection of items
Libraries Library: advanced list
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7. Columns & content types
Content Collection of
columns
Types Associated policies,
workflow, templates
Columns Individual metadata item
Can reference lists or
other data sources
Lists
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8. Boundaries & Inheritance
Content types
are specific to Content types
a site inherit from
collection parents
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31. What to expect in 2010
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Auto tagging
Hierarchical metadata
Centralized metadata store
Metadata‐based navigation
Social tagging standard for all content and sites
Search faceting and ranking manipulation
(blog post on 2010 metadata management:
http://www.earley.com/blog/metadata‐and‐taxonomy‐management‐
sharepoint‐2010)