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How SharePoint 2010's Metadata Services Increase Usability PDF Print E-mail
Written by Mike Ferrara   
Thursday, 11 February 2010 18:38

It’s no secret that the new managed metadata service in SharePoint 2010 (news, site) will be a welcomed addition to the product. What may not be apparent is exactly how this service will benefit your end-users. It will. Here's how.

With SharePoint 2007, managing your metadata has been more of an operational hazard than a real feature. In an enterprise document management environment with many site collections and content databases, providing a unified set of metadata creates an increased workload for IT that is rarely a top priority.

In the field, I generally find that many organizations just don’t have the expertise or resources to create a clean and centralized taxonomy. I attribute this to a very cumbersome and often frustrating metadata architecture in SharePoint 2007, and how it affects your content.

Read more on CMSWire.com...

 
Comments (2)
2 Thursday, 02 September 2010 08:34
Frank Daske
Thanks for sharing. You can download SharePoint 2010 sample taxonomies just from this site:

http://www.sharepointreviews.com/component/content/article/35-sharepoint-organization/859-Pre-defined-Taxonomy-Metadata-for-SharePoint-Server-2010.html

Happy testing!
1 Monday, 19 April 2010 03:19
rfarqleet
Hi,

Thanks for writing such an interesting article.

Keep it up!

http://www.xavor.com/whatwedo/solutions/OneClickSharepoint.aspx

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