Synaptica Case Study: Finding a Common Language: Bringing Complex and Disparate Vocabularies Together

Download slide deck from this presentation to follow along:http://conferences.infotoday.com/stats/documents/default.aspx?id=753&lnk=http%3A%2F%2Fconferences.infotoday.com%2Fdocuments%2F59%2F1426_McCoy.ppt Finding a Common Language: Bringing Complex and Disparate Vocabularies Paula R McCoy, Manager, Taxonomy Development, ProQuestDaniela Barbosa, Synaptica Business Development Manager, Dow Jones Client Solutions, Dow Jones & Company This case study addresses the challenges ProQuest faced in managing multilingual controlled vocabularies using multiple Word documents and authority files maintained in an Oracle database. Speakers describe how implementing a thesaurus management tool helped ProQuest simplify and standardize its business semantic management to create a common language and connect disparate information assets as well as handling large and varied vocabularies and authority files, linking new and existing editorial systems and enabling hierarchical views, and automating thesaurus management tasks.