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DEVELOPMENT OF ISIS (Integrated Semantic Information Services)
2005 — Current
Development of a computer application for faceted classification and search. Based on the concept of “facets,” this application integrates common information management tools such as file plans, metadata frameworks, thesauri, work processes and knowledge maps into one coherent semantic model.
CISRI researchers:
Craig Eby, CISRI
External Collaborators:
Inge Alberts, CISRI
Yves Marleau, CISRI
Related Publications:
Bridging Functions & Processes for Records Management (2010). Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science.
Bringing Together Functional Classification and Business Process Analysis: Growing Trends in Records Management (2010). “The 38th Annual Canadian Association for Information Science Conference”.
AUTOCLASSIFICATION OF DOCUMENTS USING AN EXISTING ISIS MODEL AND STATISTICAL SUMMARIZATION STRATEGIES
2010 — Current
Statistical summarization has been an active field of research in deriving keywords from text as a mean of categorization. This project extends this work by assigning goodness-of-fit scores between a document and each concept within the taxonomy by querying the taxonomy using the keyword summary.
There are a number of competing algorithms to do this that can be derived from graph theory including the assigning node score based on its distance from a keyword node or selecting the most general node which encompasses all keywords. This research concerns itself with the performance analysis of these strategies using a number of open data sets and taxonomies so that Cogniva can then decide on the best course of development for its products.
CISRI researchers:
Craig Eby, CISRI
External Collaborators:
Related Publications:
In progress
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USER PERCEPTION OF FACETED CLASSIFICATION
November 2010 — April 2011
Pilot study investigating the feasibility of replacing traditional hierarchical classification schemes with a faceted classification for records organization in a decentralized digital environment.
CISRI researchers:
Sabine Mas, École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l’information, Université de Montréal
External Collaborators:
Inge Alberts, CISRI
Dominique Maurel , École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l’information, Université de Montréal
Related Publications :
Applying Faceted Classification to the Personal Organization of Electronic Records: Insights Into The User Experience (2011). Archivaria.
Actualité du records management : aperçu de l’expérience de l’usager de l’approche classificatoire à facettes (2011). « Actes des Journées des Archives 2011 ».
BUSINESS ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY FOR RECORDKEEPING
January 2009 — April 2011
In collaboration with Library and Archives Canada (LAC), creation of a business-oriented methodology for applying the Directive on Recordkeeping released by the Treasury Board Secretariat in 2009. Financed by three consulting projects, this research has involved the development of theoretical and methodological tools for the directive implementation. These tools, currently under revision, will soon be published and made available on GCPedia (internal wiki) to all federal employees.
CISRI researchers:
Inge Alberts, CISRI
External Collaborators:
The team consisted of eight business analysts and archivists from LAC. The research component was specifically conducted in collaboration with:
Gillian Sullivan, Director of Internal Information Management, Library and Archives Canada.
Judith Roberts-Moore, Sr. Business Analyst, Internal IM Division, Library and Archives Canada.
Related Publications:
Recordkeeping Best Practices Review: Lessons Learned from the Business Analysis Project at Library and Archives Canada. ARMA-NCR 2011: The New Information Management Skills IV. (2011)
Report on the Business Process Analysis Project at Library and Archives Canada (2011).
ARTEFACTS CANADA FACETED TAXONOMY
The consulting project was completed at the end of 2007. Researchers completed the analysis of research data as well as publications in 2010.
Development and pilot of a faceted classification model on a group of eighteen users. This research project was part of a consulting contract for Heritage Canada. The team had to develop a methodology in order to provide a visual representation of the Artefacts Canada digital collection as well as a means for the majority of users to browse the content. Artefacts Canada Humanities is a database containing approximately 3.5 million records describing the different collections of Canadian museums.
CISRI researchers:
Élaine Ménard, School of Information Studies, McGill University
External Collaborators:
Inge Alberts, CISRI
Sabine Mas, École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l’information, Université de Montréal
Related Publications :
Faceted Classification for Museum Artefacts: A Sleeping Beauty (2010).
Faceted Classification for Museum Artefacts: A Methodology to Support Web Site Development of Large Cultural Organizations (2009).
Faceted Classification for Museum Artefacts: A Methodology to Support Web Site Development of Large Cultural Organizations (2009).
TERMINOWEB SEMANTIC ANALYSIS AND MODEL AUTO-GENERATION PROJECT
October 2009 — November 2011
Using a semantic analysis tool- TerminoWeb- developed by Dr. Caroline Barrière, this project investigated possible strategies for the automatic creation of ISIS models (faceted classification hierarchies with relationships between values in different hierarchies) using organization documentation via semantic analysis of semantic patterns extracted from the text.
CISRI researchers:
External Collaborators:
Caroline Barrière, NRC
Related Publications :
In progress
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