Word-Builder's primary office space is located in a restored 19th
century mansion in Lincoln, Nebraska's historic capitol view neighborhood.
The Castle
19th and D Streets
Lincoln, Nebraska
Contact:
Tim Stalker
(402) 742-5674
Integral to any content management strategy are the organizational
principles governing its use. Metadata, taxonomies, nomenclature—how
your subject matter looks and functions are all front-most
in Word-Builder's expertise.
Integrated organizations Today, organizations are working hard to achieve integration
so that processes that are disrupted by departmental, geographical
and technical boundaries can achieve the same ends across
the board. Many critical processes and applications
involve the organization of content, and it is now a widespread
practice to structure this content using XML metadata. Effectively,
this metadata gives structure to the content through the
use of defined “elements” that are applied and
systematically used.
Federated organizations
Most large organizations use a number – quite often
a vast number – of content, records, digital asset
and document management protocols, all of which make use
of metadata.
Unfortunately, most organizations have no effective metadata/
information management strategy. This creates a situation
in which each business unit and each application uses its
own terminologies, often redundantly, to define and describe
information resources. This impedes integration efforts
and makes it very difficult for employees to repurpose and
reuse valuable content.
Speaking the same language Word-Builder specializes in creating and making controlled
vocabulary (metadata, taxonomy) available to applications
and users across the organization. We employ sophisticated
communications support to cross the difficulties of inter-organization
relations. In technical terms, that means all content applications
can make use of consistent metadata. In lay terms, it means
that the same language is spoken by all of the organization’s
stakeholders.
By adopting Word-Builder's approach, organizations can
take a major but cost-effective step towards integration,
can make business and technical processes much more efficient,
and can radically increase the effectiveness of employees
and the expertise they bring to the table for organizations
collectively.
