Name
Automated Taxonomy Generation
Synopsis
Software that uses pattern-matching algorithms to automatically generate categories or taxonomies.
Examples
Autonomy Categorizer (formerly part of “Portal-in-a-Box”), http://www.autonomy.com/Content/IDOL/APPOLS/Categorizer/
Comments
Proceed with great caution! The demos we’ve seen produce truly confusing category schemes with tremendous redundancy and mixed granularity. We don’t recommend exposing the raw results to your users. However, these could be useful tools for information architects performing content and classification analysis.
Resources
“Tools for Creating Categories and Browsable Directories” from Search Tools, http://www.searchtools.com/info/classifiers-tools.html
“Little Blue Folders” by Peter Morville, http://argus-acia.com/strange_connections/strange003.html
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