[Sigia-l] Classification & Taxonomy Management Software

[Tom Trottier]

Dear Jay,

For classification, I would consider an adaptive bayseian analyser with 
learning like POPfile (Sourceforge) has for email. You would probably 
need someone dedicated to checking the accuracy, training the tool on 
errors, deciding minimum relevance levels, and maintaining the 
hierarchies and crossrefs of subjects. 

For a news & program site like the CBC, I would have URLs always be 
short (<60 characters) and eternal. See tinyurl.com for examples of 
making short URLs. I run regular web searches on various topics and 
every week or two a score or more of renamed CBC URLs (perhaps they 
just were moved to a new folder) appear with old news. Fortunately, 
they are easy to ignore based on the date at the start of the story.

I'd take over the URL generation from the local regions or stations, 
allowing them to submit a story or page and get back the assigned URL 
automatically. Having the category(s) in the URL aids finding in search 
engines.

Lastly, I would suggest a good search engine divided between News and 
Programs.  The current one is abysmal. It never finds what I want.  

tOM

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