Helen Lippell: Harnessing the power of semantics

Taxonomy is the practice and science of categorization or classification, and it’s what we need if we want to be able to search for data. What can go wrong and how do you do it well? Join me as I learn from Helen Lippell.You can follow Helen on LinkedIn.'Taxonomies' Book Giveaway & Special OfferWe are giving away 10 copies of Helen's new book: "Taxonomies: Practical Approaches to Developing and Managing Vocabularies for Digital Information". If you want to start cleaning up your data mess but don't know where to start this is the book for you. Want your copy? You have until Dec 17th to be part of this. Visit https://www.discoveringdata.com/taxonomies to win your copy!If you want to purchase your own copy, we have a special offer for you – get 25% off the RRP for Taxonomies when you use the code TAXONOMY25. Just to go to: https://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/page/detail/taxonomies/?K=9781783304813Customers in the US and Canada can purchase the book through the American Library Association, and customers in Australia or New Zealand can purchase the book through Taylor & Francis.Episode pagehttps://www.discoveringdata.com/podcast/episode-051Join the Discovering Data community!Do you want to turn data into business outcomes and get promoted? Discovering Data just launched a new Discord server to connect you with people like you. Discover new ideas, frameworks, jobs and strategies to maximise the impact of your work. Data can be a lonely and challenging career, don’t do it alone!Request access now: https://bit.ly/discovering-data-discordFor BrandsDo you want to showcase your thought leadership with great content and build trust with a global audience of data leaders? We publish conversations with industry leaders to help practitioners create more business outcomes. Explore all the ways to tell your data story here https://www.discoveringdata.com/brands.For sponsorsWant to help educate the next generation of data leaders? As a sponsor, you get to hang out with the very in the industry. Want to see if you are a match? Apply now: https://www.discoveringdata.com/sponsorsFor GuestsDo you enjoy educating an audience? Do you want to help data leaders build indispensable data products? That's awesome! Great episodes start with a clear transformation. Pitch your idea at https://www.discoveringdata.com/guest.💬 Feedback, ideas, and reviewsWant to help me stir the direction of this show? Want to see this show grow? Get in touch privately or leave me a review with one of the forms at discoveringdata.com/review.