Duane Degler presented on integrating taxonomies and ontologies into enterprise search and browse. He discussed how taxonomies can be leveraged to improve indexing and relevance, user interactions like filtering and related content, and applying taxonomies through layered subject tagging. Feedback loops were also important to continuously learn from user behavior and enable more proactive search. The talk focused on best practices for integrating structured classification schemes into enterprise search systems.
16. #DHUG2018 @ddegler Integrating Taxonomies/Ontologies into Enterprise Search/Browse | Access Innovations DHUG
● Collection
● Keep within the same collection, if collections are subject-centered, not content
type-centered
● Time period
● As tight as possible to the asset being displayed
● Geography
● If one focused geographic area, retrieve items from the same area
● If more than one area, apply a broader geo-fence
● Type of content
● No more than 3-4 of the same type, so there are a good mix of types
● Subjects
● Focus on deepest (most specific) terms as a priority
● % of overlap —so 80% matching will be more related than 30% matching
● Where possible, tag subjects into multiple fields
● Outliers – more loosely related items
● Two items that are further away from the current item, to increase
unexpected discovery
Driving Related Content Algorithms
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USER INTERACTIONS
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