Creating an International Taxonomy for Space

Paper number

IAC-09.B5.1.2

Author

Mrs. Jeanne Holm, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States

Year

2009

Abstract

Traditional knowledge sharing amongst space agencies, industry, and academia has focused on data
related to a mission. However, an opportunity to create a model of both how and what to share amongst
countries was proposed last year. The creation of a high-level taxonomy and governance that would
provide a basis for easy knowledge sharing amongst aerospace organizations, academia, and government
agencies was agreed to. Such a taxonomy benefits organizations by providing:
\begin{itemize}\item Overall scheme for organizing content to solve a business problem \end{itemize}
\begin{itemize}\item Representation of a predefined organizational structure that covers a range of subjects in a hierarchical
arrangement and that shows correlations between subject areas\end{itemize}
\begin{itemize}\item Optimized site map or information architecture that allows users to intuitively navigate to content\end{itemize}
The work to date will be presented including an:
\begin{itemize}\item Understanding of the challenge for sharing knowledge on missions, between organizations, for integrated
applications, and for long-term capture and access to knowledge\end{itemize}
\begin{itemize}\item Taxonomy concept and methodology\end{itemize}
\begin{itemize}\item Best practices and high-level requirements
Identification of taxonomies and standards for inclusion\end{itemize}
\begin{itemize}\item Top-level facets\end{itemize}

Future work will include metadata mapping, metadata specification, and XML schema development.

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