In this series of sections and tasks, you'll learn about the terminology related to metadata and content classification, as well as the tools and options available for making metadata available to your users. Planning a successful Managed Metadata Service implementation requires input from both business and technical resources to ensure that there's a well-reasoned structure that takes into account the taxonomy and terminology that the organization uses.
Overview and terminology
When discussing metadata, the following terms are used to describe the core concepts:
- Taxonomy: This is a formal, hierarchical grouping of words, labels, and terms used to describe something.
- Folksonomy: This is an informal classification system containing labels, keywords, and terms applied by end users to describe something. If you've seen blog sites that have categories and tags (such as a tag cloud), that is an example of a folksonomy...