Taxonomy News and Notes

Using Vocabularies to Improve Findability

Business Intelligence Network article on how users expect relevant search results, and how WAND's structured vocabulary can help.

WAND Taxonomy available for Microsoft SharePoint

WAND Inc. has joined up with SharePart XXL to create an 82,000+ (42,000 Preferred Terms and 40,000 Synonyms) Product and Service Taxonomy Extension for use with Microsoft® SharePoint®. Microsoft® SharePoint® is Microsoft’s Shared Workspace Software; where users can share documents or collaborate on specialized applications like blogs and wikis over a web workspace . The SharePartXXL Taxonomy Extension for Microsoft® SharePoint® enables documents and list items in a SharePoint-based portal to be organized cross-site as part of a connected content network and knowledge model. The WAND Product and Service Taxonomy is the most extensive horizontal industry taxonomy in existence, with a unique combination of depth and breadth in coverage. This allows Sharepoint® users to classify information in a consistent way that direct the users to exactly what they are looking for - each and every time.

Available in its entirety, or as vertical industry seed taxonomies, the Product and Service Taxonomy can be used in a variety of applications including knowledge management, content management, business directories, spend and sourcing management, SRM, e-catalogs, enterprise search, company data management, direct marketing, and to enhance data and applications already utilizing other industry classification standards, such as UNSPSC, SIC, NAICS, and HS.

Business Intelligence Network Exclusive Interview:
Mark Leher Vice President of Business Development for WAND, Inc.

Mark Leher describes WAND’s extensive taxonomy with vocabulary for classifying products and services and talks about why taxonomies in general are valuable business assets.

Computerworld Blogs on WAND Taxonomy

Mark Hall blogs on WANDS 42,000 enterprise taxonomies and counting.