This post builds on a couple of previous ones that you may also want to refer to: SharePoint Managed Metadata Overview SharePoint Taxonomy Limits In SharePoint lists and libraries, you create columns to contain different types of data that help describe the item or document being stored in said list or library. Three in particular [...]
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SharePoint 2010 introduced managed metadata for the first time – the Managed Metadata Service (MMS). You can create a hierarchy of terms (metadata) and then use those terms to classify content stored in SharePoint. If you decide to rename a term, all items classified will be updated to reflect the new term. That’s the managed [...]
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SharePoint has always had some form of metadata capabilities. However the latest version includes the first attempt at managing metadata. This post is a brief overview of the different types of metadata and why/when to use them…
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This is a follow on post to Taxonomy in MOSS (SharePoint Server 2007). Not everyone knows that you can manage columns at the site collection level and then re-use them across libraries. Also, whilst SharePoint doesn’t really do taxonomy management, you can use lists to perform some lightweight management, such as controlling what values are [...]
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On 21st May 2008 I presented to an audience of taxonomy professionals within the UK public sector. The last session of the day, I had 30 minutes to present on “Taxonomy within Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS): Lessons learned from real-world deployments”. My aim was to briefly explain what MOSS can and cannot do [...]
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Perhaps one of the loudest unspoken messages from the SharePoint conference held recently in Seattle was the need for information architects and managers to work more closely with their user interface (UI) and technology-focused counterparts. Thanks to the Internet, we are unlikely to see a downturn in the market for digital information in the foreseeable [...]
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