Consultancy
Taxonomy Development
Our clients
- Bank Negara Malaysia
- British Council
- Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore
- Defence Science & Technology Agency
- Housing & Development Board
- Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore
- Institute of Technical Education
- Jardine Group (Hong Kong)
- Maxis (Malaysia)
- Ministry of Law
- Ministry of Manpower
- National Library Board
- Public Service Division
- Singapore Customs
- Singapore Sports Council
- SUT Sakra Pte Ltd
- Yokogawa Engineering Asia Pte Ltd
A taxonomy reflects a particular system of organising things. In organisations, a corporate taxonomy helps staff find shareable documents and information through a common language and process for describing and searching for documents. The more common manifestation of a corporate taxonomy is in document repositories.
A taxonomy consulting engagement would typically include the following stages:
- evidence gathering – often conducted together with a knowledge audit exercise
- analysis and drafting of taxonomy
- establishment of governance framework for client organisation
- validation of draft taxonomy with users
- testing of taxonomy with sample content
- development of metadata framework
- taxonomy review
Straits Knowledge’s Principal Consultant, Patrick Lambe, uses his specialist background in Information Studies to advise our clients in taxonomy development.