Category Archives: Metadata

All about Metadata

Understanding what makes a good User Experience (UX)

Posted on 14/02/2012 by Mike McNamara

There is an interesting discussion taking place over on Brian O’Leary’s Magellan Media website about Phenomenology resulting from an original post about User Interfaces. User Interface (UI) design and the User Experience (UX) play an important role in today’s information … Continue reading →

Posted in Content, General, Metadata | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Metadata – The importance of being found.

Posted on 31/01/2012 by Mike McNamara

Catching up with my reading backlog over the weekend revealed yet more evidence of the growing importance of Metadata in today’s on-line world. Deep Dive as the New York Times’ experimental context engine and story explorer has been christened, provides … Continue reading →

Posted in Content, Metadata, Search, Taxonomy | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

It’s all about the vocabulary.

Posted on 06/12/2011 by Mike McNamara

I came across an interesting #ePrdctn Twitter conversation the other day about the need to use a common language or vocabulary when discussing various publishing technical production issues. In these #ePrdctn (there’s also a Wiki page) discussions the topics can … Continue reading →

Posted in Content, Metadata, Search, Taxonomy, XML | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Findability – The search for that elusive content.

Posted on 21/11/2011 by Mike McNamara

How do we find that piece of information that we really need, which lays somewhere between the actual responses to a search query and the results we really want but can’t seem to formulate a search request for. To paraphrase … Continue reading →

Posted in Content, Metadata, Search, XML | Tagged , | Leave a comment