Indexing and Content Superficialities
November 27, 2010
“Understanding Content Collection and Indexing” provides a collection of definitions and generalizations which makes clear why so many indexing efforts by eager twenty-somethings with degrees in Home Economics and Eighteenth Century Literature go off the rails: it takes more than learning a list of definitions to create a truly useful indexing system. In our opinion, the process should be about solving problems. As the article states:
The ability to find information is important for myriad reasons. Spending too much time looking for information means we’re unable to spend time on other tasks. An inability to find information might force us to make an uninformed or incorrect decision. In worse scenarios, inability to locate can cause regulatory problems, or, in in a hospital, lead to a fatal mistake.
This list is a place to start. It does describe the very basics of content collection, indexing, language processing, classification, metasearch, and document warehousing. We have to ask, though- is this analysis inspired by Associated Content or Demand Media?
For the real deal on indexing, navigate to www.taxodiary.com.
Cynthia Murrell, November 27, 2010
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