Where’s Waldo—Finding Data (and Metadata) in Your Content: Resources
Did you catch my ConVEx 2023 presentation with Leigh White, “Where’s Waldo: Finding Data in Your Content?” We covered a lot in 45 minutes—even so, we had to gloss over a ton of great info. To rectify this, we’re sharing this implementation checklist and resource list.
For teams approaching a CCMS migration, the Information Architecture Migration Readiness Assessment includes a full metadata readiness section as part of its checklist.
Implementation Checklist
Analyze your content to determine your tier
Identify data lurking in your content
Locate metadata
Assess degree of metadata standardization
Engage with stakeholders to find efficiencies
Collaborate with Content Strategist to determine how metadata and data fit into their vision of the user journey
Resources
DITA and Metadata
DITA Maturity Model. Whitepaper by Amber Swope and Michael Priestly. For context on how metadata strategy fits into the broader DITA maturity model, The Information Architect's Role in a Successful DITA Implementation walks through the DMM levels where metadata becomes essential.
A Metadata Primer (and why you should care). Jana Corp article.
Using Metadata to Research Context. Knowledge Owl article by Michelle Knight.
Taxonomy
The Accidental Taxonomist. Book by Heather Hedden.
Taxonomy and Metadata. AIIM course.
Taxonomy and Search. KMI Institute course by Zach Wahl.
Online Taxonomy. Hedden Information Management course.
Semantic Content
Semantic Maturity Model. ThinkingDocumentation article by Michael Iantosca.
Semantic Content Graph Guild. Thinking Docs.
Need more in-depth help separating your data and metadata from your content? Schedule a free discovery call with Amber Swope.
