Totem Taxonomy Manager
Totem is an easy to learn-and-use web application for creating, managing and navigating taxonomies.
Totem enables editors, indexers, and domain experts to:
- Create new taxonomies and extend existing taxonomies.
- Share concepts across taxonomies. This feature streamlines new taxonomy creation. Only terms that are new and unique to that taxonomy need to be added—the rest can be imported from existing taxonomies.
- Associate unlimited synonyms, jargon, acronyms, abbreviations, shorthand and lexical equivalents with taxonomy concepts.
- Specify display strings for application users. The choice of display strings can be specific to each taxonomy—for example, while a professional medical application might choose to use "ephelides," a consumer-oriented health site would use the more familiar "freckles."
- Specify parent and children concepts to create hierarchy and tailor the depth of hierarchy for each taxonomy to reflect the goals of that taxonomy. For example, a taxonomy destined to form the backbone of an application's conceptual browse features should be more shallow and easier to navigate than most formal medical taxonomies.
- Import existing taxonomies in your organization to begin managing them in Totem.
- Export taxonomies in OWL format (or customized formats) for use with your existing systems.
- View an audit trail and other key activity reports to assess taxonomy evolution.
Enabling a "Living Taxonomy" Through Collaboration
Building, maintaining, and expanding a taxonomy is an ongoing effort. It requires the collaborative efforts of teams at different stages of the publication lifecycle. As a web-based application with user permission control and activity auditing, Totem balances ease-of-use and quick access with a rigorous control of the taxonomy and its hierarchy.
A Flexible Fit
The application is suitable for use on a stand-alone basis or for integrating into other editorial workflow systems to harness the collective expertise of authors, reviewers, editors, indexers, and readers. In addition, the taxonomy manager is used to complement, inform, and integrate the benefits of an automated approach to content parsing and indexing.
Application Screenshots
Figure 1. Main taxonomy term page. Includes equivalents, connection to UMLS, hierarchy placement, and display preference.
Figure 2. Taxonomy search for "asthma."
Figure 3. Taxonomy hierarchical browse.
Figure 4. Taxonomy alphabetical browse.
Figure 5. Example of a user activity audit report.
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