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EasyUphill
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT
+27 81 041 7673
training@eubiz.co.za
68 Sunstone Street, Germiston, 1401
eubiz.co.za
training@eubiz.co.za
68 Sunstone Street, Germiston, 1401
eubiz.co.za
Document & Records Management
Metadata and Taxonomy Design
Duration
3 Days
Delivery
In-house, public or online
From
R13,000 per delegate
Certificate
On completion
Course overview
Search fails when content was never described consistently. This course covers designing metadata schemes and taxonomies that people can apply without training, and that make retrieval reliable at scale.
What you will be able to do
- Design a metadata scheme suited to your content
- Build a taxonomy that reflects how people actually search
- Choose between controlled vocabulary and free text
- Apply metadata consistently across contributors
- Govern taxonomy change over time
- Test whether the scheme actually improves retrieval
Who should attend
- Information and records managers
- Content and intranet managers
- Librarians and knowledge staff
- System administrators configuring repositories
Course outline
01
Why search fails and what description has to do with it
02
Metadata types and choosing what is worth capturing
03
Taxonomy design and how people actually search
04
Controlled vocabularies, thesauri and synonym handling
05
Applying metadata consistently across many contributors
06
Automation, inheritance and reducing manual tagging
07
Governance of change and testing retrieval improvement
Upcoming public sessions
| Dates | Venue | Duration | Fee per delegate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 to 29 Oct 2026 | Johannesburg | 3 Days | R13,000 |
| 10 to 12 Nov 2026 | London | 3 Days | US$1,500 |
| 30 Nov to 2 Dec 2026 | Dubai | 3 Days | US$1,500 |
| 11 to 13 Jan 2027 | Pretoria | 3 Days | R13,000 |
| 15 to 17 Feb 2027 | Durban | 3 Days | R13,000 |
| 19 to 21 Apr 2027 | Cape Town | 3 Days | R13,000 |
| 29 Jun to 1 Jul 2027 | Johannesburg | 3 Days | R13,000 |
Fees exclude VAT. This course can also be delivered in-house at your premises on dates that suit your team, or live online.
To book or ask for an in-house quote
Reply to the email this brochure came with, call +27 81 041 7673, or visit eubiz.co.za and open this course.
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+27 81 041 7673 · training@eubiz.co.za
68 Sunstone Street, Germiston, 1401 · eubiz.co.za
68 Sunstone Street, Germiston, 1401 · eubiz.co.za