Knowledge Management and Social Networking are unleashed, for real this time, with the upcoming new version of Microsoft SharePoint 2010. SharePoint 2010 now fills the big gaps in 2007, with managed taxonomies and folksonomies, expertise finding, content rating, and commenting. Enterprise Metadata Management (EMM) is a new set of features introduced with SharePoint 2010 that enable taxonomists, category managers, and administrators to create and manage terms and sets of terms across the enterprise. You can use managed metadata - a hierarchical collection of centrally managed terms that you can define - as attributes or categories for tagging items and documents with Microsoft SharePoint 2010. Item and document classification helps users to find the information they need much faster, it gives context to the cloud, enables a new, hierarchical way to access information – independent of the storage location. It simply saves money.



To unlock the power of content and the enterprise value of these technologies pre-defined enterprise-wide taxonomies - ready to import into the SharePoint Term Store without any additional tools as Managed Metadata - could help to successfully make a “semantic jump start”. In cooperation with WAND, Ink., one of the leading providers of enterprise taxonomies, Layer2 now offers ready to use Taxonomy Metadata for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010.

• What is pre-defined Taxonomy Metadata for Microsoft SharePoint 2010?
• How pre-defined term sets can accellerate the taxonomy development process?
• Which taxonomy packages are currently available?
• About our partner WAND, Inc. 

Pre-defined taxonomies, ready to import in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 and into the FREE Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 can be licensed and integrated out-of-the-box into your existing intranet, content management application, knowledge management portal, or any other application that would benefit from the power of a robust taxonomy-based classification or search. The taxonomies are flexible and can be easily customized and modified to address unique organizational requirements. No additional software is required.

Fig.: Pre-defined taxonomy Metadata can be imported into SharePoint and used out-of-the-box to tag or categorise content items and documents with a well-structured company-wide vocabulary.

Tag Profiles allows to simply follow all portal activities regarding a given topic.



Fig.: Centrally managed taxonomy-based keywords can be shown as a "Tag Profile" in SharePoint 2010 with links last recently tagged items, documents, internal or external sites.

Our pre-defined taxonomies cover various domains of knowledge that are relevant to the enterprise – in many languages. A high quality and well-structured vocabulary is crucial. It allows your employees to unlock the value of unstructured data in your company. Developing a taxonomy can take considerable time, resources, and money. Depending on the complexity it may take many months, several iterations, and ongoing maintenance to continually improve the classification. However, the benefits far outweigh the challenges and a taxonomy will improve productivity, reduce costs and increase organizational agility.

Fig.: SharePoint 2010 user profiles are connected using taxonomies and keywords to easily find peoples knowledge and experiences, ask questions and add notes.

Starting from pre-defined taxonomies

• accelerates the taxonomy development process,
• incorporates industry specific metadata,
• provides the base for accurate and consistent subject metadata,
• provides a logical and standardized way to tag and classify information,
• allows the identification of content relationships in a well defined structure

The taxonomy is a critical component for managing enterprise information. It is essential in delivering accurate results spread across potentially massive volumes of items and documents in a consistent manner. A taxonomy that is well structured helps make information retrieval fast, accurate, and easy resulting in quantifiable business benefits.

Fig.: Taxonomies can be used in SharePoint 2010 user profiles with tag clouds to track user activities. Newly tagged items or documents of subscribed categories are listed here.



Fig.: In SharePoint 2010 content can be better searched and more easily found by taxonomy-based social tags that are assigned to items and documents. The additional left hand navigation feature of the SharePoint default search allows to dive deeper into the results by centrally managed taxonomy metadata. You can subscribe these search results and make it available for Windows Explorer using managed metadata based on taxonomy.



Fig.: SharePoint Taxonomies can be used with Office 2010 as well, to tag documents.

You can use 3rd party web parts, to browse tagged content alphabetically A-Z using taxonomies.   




Fig.: Implementation example of the "Tag Directory Web Part for SharePoint 2010".

There are other web parts to navigate the tagged content tree-style using taxonomies.


Fig.: Implementation example of the "Tag Navigation Web Part for SharePoint 2010".

We provide a robust and expanding library of taxonomies covering a wide variety of domains to help jumpstart classification projects. Taxonomy Metadata for Microsoft SharePoint 2010 is currently available in 13 languages, e.g. English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese.

The Managed Metadata Input File Format for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 is described in Microsoft Technet.

Enterprise Taxonomy Starter Package for SharePoint 2010:

• General Business (Accounting and Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology, Legal, Marketing) 395

Enterprise Taxonomy Packages for SharePoint 2010: 

• Banking, Finance, and Investment ......2532 ..[1526/1006]
• Contracts ........................................[Q3 2010 Release]
• Insurance ........................................[Q3 2010 Release]
• Job Titles .......................................2737 ..[1796/941]
• Product and Services Life Cycles .......1174 ..[1079/75]
• Records Retention ............................1050 ..[370/680]

Products and Services Taxonomy Packages for SharePoint 2010:

• Agriculture and Forestry ....................9913 ..[5157/4756]
• Automotive ....................................1722 ..[1047/675]
• Building and Construction ................4296 ..[2400/1896]
• Business Services ............................859 ..[477/382]
• Computer/Information Technology ....3514 ..[879/2635]
• Communications/Telecommunications 1150 ..[414/736]
• Education and Training ...................1034 ..[503/531]
• Electrical and Electronics .................1930 ..[1204/726]
• Environmental ................................3066 ..[1472/1594]
• Fashion and Apparel ......................2413 ..[804/1609]
• Food and Beverage ..........................8278 ..[4064/4214]
• Government ....................................1417 ..[879/536]
•    Educational Services ..............278 ..[155/123]
•    Government Services .............125 ..[71/54]
•    Health Services .....................501 ..[365/136]
•    Public Safety ........................273 ..[120/153]
•    Schools ...............................103 ..[79/24]
•    Social Services ....................137 ..[89/46]
• Health Care ....................................8570 ..[5839/2731]
• Home and Garden ...........................3749 ..[2035/1714]
• Industrial Equipment and Supplies .....8944 ..[4915/4029]
• Metals ...........................................1399 ..[989/410]
• Minerals, Mining and Drilling ..............1414 ..[862/552]
• Office Equipment and Supplies ..........4639 ..[1175/3464]
• Oil and Gas .....................................1202 ..[834/368]
• Packaging .........................................567 ..[260/307]
• Personal Care ..................................1753 ..[1012/741]
• Plastics and Rubber ..........................1190 ..[636/554]
• Professional Services ..........................525 ..[303/222]
• Safety and Security ..........................1842 ..[825/1017]
• Science and Technology ...................3504 ..[1906/1598]
• Services .........................................9217 ..[5514/3703]
• Sports and Recreation .......................2814 ..[1451/1363]
• Textiles and Leather .........................3182 ..[1511/1671]
• Toys and Games ................................522 ..[318/204]
• Travel .............................................1418 ..[900/518]
• Transportation .................................4003 ..[2302/1701]

Specific Taxonomy Packages for SharePoint 2010:

• Agriculture and Forestry ......9913 ...[5157/4756]
• Agricultural Equipment .......458 ...[205/253]
• Agricultural Products .......7891 ...[2354/3537]
•     Animal Products ...................550 ....[276/274]
•     Biocides ...............................258 ....[69/189]
•     Dairy Products ......................276 ....[195/81]
•     Fruits ...............................215 ....[153/62]
•     Meats .................................453 ....[172/281]
•     Natural Oils and Fats .............147 ....[95/52]
•     Plant Products .....................954 ....[564/390]
•     Seafood ...........................2948 ....[735/2213]
•     Vegetables ..........................237 ....[151/86]
• Agricultural Services ..........203 ...[165/38]
• Animal Equip and Supplies ..311 ...[206/105]
• Animal Services ................127 ...[82/45]
• Animals ..........................5215 ...[2206/3009]
•     Aquatic Animals .................3009 ....[770/2239]
•     Birds ..................................145 ....[137/8]
•     Bovine Animals ..................1130 ....[643/487]
•     Cats ....................................68 ....[48/20]
•     Dogs ..................................215 ....157/48]
•     Equines ...............................363 ....[236/127]
•     Fur Farm Animals ..................61 ....[49/12]
•     Game Animals .....................112 ....[87/15]
•     Pets ...................................495 ....[277/118]
•     Swine .................................124 ....[72/52]
• Forestry and Logging Equip ..60 ...[44/16]
• Forestry Services ...............40 ...[28/12]
• Horticulture Supplies ........267 ...[82/185]
• Plants ...........................1016 ...[632/384]
   
• Arts, Crafts, and Hobbies ...1018 ...[564/454]
• Art Supplies ....................172 ...[90/82]
• Crafts Supplies and Equip ..669 ...[386/283]
• Floral Arts Supplies ...........127 ...[60/67]
• Textile Arts Supplies .........310 ...[190/120]
• Graphics Arts Equip ..........112 ...[51/61]
• Automotive ........................1722 ...[1047/675]
   
• Automotive Accessories ....238 ...117/121]
• Auto Repair Services ........167 ...[61/106]
• Automotive Services ........227 ...[100/127]
• Automotive Parts .............1181 ...[767/414]
• Automotive Vehicles ...........62 ...[25/37]
• Auto Maint Equipment .......176 ...[116/60]
   
• Books, Music, and Video ......743 ...[484/259]
• Audio Equipment ................74 ...[53/21]
• Audio Visual Equipment ......89 ...[56/33]
• Books and Periodicals .......108 ...[68/40]
• Film/Video Equipment ..........47 ...[24/23]
• Media Services ..................81 ...[43/38]
• Musical Instruments .........144 ...[119/25]
• Pre-Recorded Media .............31 ...[18/13]
• Publishing Services .............48 ...[26/22]
• TV Broadcasting Equipment ..42 ...[21/21]
   
• Building and Construction ..4296 ...[2400/1896]
• Architects Supplies ..............52 ...[30/22]
• Construction Materials .....1307 ...[754/553]
• Construction Equipment ...579 ...[350/229]
• Construction Services .......463 ...[315/148]
• Drafting Equipment ..............43 ...[27/16]
• Tools ..............................773 ...[522/251]
• Hardware ........................564 ...[385/179]
   
• Chemicals .......................20045 ...[7626/12419]
• Organic Chemicals .........2282 ...[1073/1209]
• Inorganic Chemicals ....17763 ...[6553/11210]
   
• Communications ................1150 ...[414/736]
• Communications Services ...245 ...[114/131]
• Communications Software ..338 ...[42/296]
• Telecom Equipment .........450 ...[239/219]
• Telecom Services ................55 ...[32/33]
   
• Computer and Information Technology ...3514 ...[879/2635]
• Computers .....................561 ...[270/291]
• Computer Peripherals .......201 ...[80/121]
• Computer Services ............267 ...[98/169]
• Networks (Computer) ........103 ...[46/57]
• Software ........................2550 ...[463/2087]
   
• Consumer Electronics ...........465 ...[182/283]
• Appliances .......................309 ...[170/139]
• Auto Consumer Electronics .82 ...[26/56]
• Home Audio ......................67 ...[33/34]
• Phones and Accessories ......79 ...[37/42]
• TV and Video Equipment ....138 ...[68/60]
   
• Education and Training ........1034 ...[503/531]
• Schools ..........................103 ...[79/24]
• Educational Equipment ......332 ...[154/178]
• Training Services ..............233 ...[74/159]
• Educational Services .........278 ...[155/123]
   
• Electrical and Electronics ....1930 ...[1204/726]
• Electrical Components .......553 ...[368/185]
• Electrical Services ............105 ...[77/28]
• Electrical Supplies ...........247 ...[147/100]
• Electronic Components .....754 ...[473/268]
   
• Environmental ....................3066 ...[1472/1594]
• Environmental Products ....1581 ...[749/832]
• Environmental Services .....311 ...[134/177]
   
• Fashion and Apparel ..........2413 ...[804/1609]
• Jewelry ..........................194 ...[72/122]
• Clothing Services ...............66 ...[39/27]
• Apparel Accessories .........323 ...173/150]
• Apparel by Garment ........1010 ...[526/484]
   
• Fine Art, Antiques, and Collectibles...........493 ...[269/224]
• Collectibles ......................153 ...[99/54]
• Works of Art .....................49 ...[32/17]
• Antiques .........................111 ...[83/28]
• Food and Beverage ............8278 ...[4064/4214]
• Food Services .................822 ...[456/366]
•     Event Catering Services ...........19 ....[17/2]
•     Food Retailers ......................132 ....[54/78]
•     Restaurants .........................487 ....[258/229]
• Food Service Supplies ....1089 ...[656/433]
• Foods and Beverages ......6276 ...[2946/3330]
• Dairy Products .................272 ...[194/78]
• Food Bases and Additives ..135 ...[38/96]
• Fruits ..............................215 ...[153/62]
• Meats .............................353 ...[172/281]
• Seafood ........................2950 ...[736/2214]
• Prepared Foods ..............1333 ...[922/411]
• Vegetables[food] .............236 ...[150/86]
• Health Foods .................4794 ...[1939/2855]
   
• Gifts and Jewelry ................752 ...[437/315]
• Jewelry ..........................207 ...[85/122]
• Gemstones ......................197 ...[137/60]
• Giftware ...........................147 ...[59/88]
• Home and Garden .............2036 
• Appliances .....................309 ...[170/139]
• Baby Goods ........................88 ...[55/33]
• Home Cleaning Supplies .....228 ...[119/109]
• Home Furnishings ............1553 ...[921/631]
• Home Repair Services .......129 ...[77/52]
• Household Management Products .....323 ...[179/144]
• Lawn and Garden Products 481 ...[207/274]
• Lawn and Garden Services..34 ...[26/8]
• Pets ................................398 ...[280/118]
• Pet Supplies ....................259 ...[91/68]
   
• Industrial .........................8944 ...[4915/4029]
• Industrial Equipment and Supplies ..... 8007 ...[4743/3364]
•     Cleaning Equip and Supplies ..298 ....[163/135]
•     Coating and Spraying Equipment 155 [103/42]
•     Fluid and Gas Control Equipment 742 [526/216]
•     Graphic Arts Equipment and Supplies 110 50/60]
•     HVAC Equipment ..................325 ....[197/128]
•     Industrial Control Systems .....114 ....[72/42]
•     Industrial Heating and Drying Equipment...209 ....[119/90]
•     Industrial Safety Equipment ...101 ....[62/39]
•     Machine Tools .....................313 ....[209/104]
•     Manufacturing Equipment......3022 ....[1623/1399]
•     Manufacturing Materials and Supplies......3188 ....[1682/1506]
•     Material Handling Equipment .588 ....[348/240]
•     Power Generation Equipment .393 ....[235/158]
•     Printing and Binding Equipment 288 ...[115/163]
•     Warehouse Equipment ............71 ....[36/35]
•     Cleaning Services ................39 ...[25/14]
• Industrial Equipment Services.....346 ...[182/164]
• Manufacturing Services .....609 ...[332/277]
•     Beverage Manufacturing Services.....9 ....[6/3]
•     Chemical Processing Services..11 ....[8/3]
•     Coating Services ....................12 ....[6/6]
•     Die Making Services ..............11 ....[9/2]
•     Machining Services .................44 ....[18/26]
•     Metal Manufacturing Services...95 ....[61/34]
•     Molding Services ....................11 ....[4/7]
•     Packaging and Labeling Services......16 ....[8/8]
•     Plastics Manufacturing Services........32 ....[12/20]
•     Prototyping Services ...............15 ....[5/10]
•     Rubber Manufacturing Services .....13 ....[5/8]
•     Textile Manufacturing Services.....
  
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  Concept ............Total Terms ..[Preferred Terms/Synonyms]
  Counts are approximate and subject to change. All counts reflect English language.
  
  The packages can be importeted using out-of-the-box features of SharePoint 2010. 
  No additional  tools are required and included at this time.

WAND has developed structured multi-lingual vocabularies with related tools and services to power precision search and classification applications. Simply put, WAND makes search work better.

WAND Taxonomies are used in online yellow pages and local search, ad-matching engines, B2B directories, product search, and within enterprise search engines.

WAND’s Taxonomy Library contains more than 40 domain specific taxonomies including 33 different industry vertical packages, jobs, travel, retail, medical, financial services, records retention, and general enterprise search topics with more domains being added on a regular basis. The data can be integrated into a wide variety of search applications to improve the relevance of search results. WAND’s taxonomies are available in 11 global languages.

WAND, Inc has been in business since 1998 and is based in Denver, Colorado.

Fig.: Pre-defined Taxonomy Metadata for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 can save money and time with better search and find information, people and knowledge.