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Sr. Ontology Specialist, Thomson/West
Nov 01 05
Source: CHI-Jobs
SR. ONTOLOGY SPECIALIST
Name of Company/Location: Thomson/West – Eagan, MN (Minneapolis, MN area) Company Website: http://west.thomson.com How to Apply: Send Microsoft Word resume to Jeanette Vroman, Recruiter, Thomson/West, jeanette.vroman@contractor.thomson.com or apply online at http://west.thomson.com/careers/
DESCRIPTION:
Thomson Legal & Regulatory (TLR) is a leading provider of integrated information solutions to legal, tax, accounting, intellectual property, compliance, business and government professionals around the world.
Thomson West, a division of TLR, is seeking a Sr. Ontology Specialist who specializes in taxonomy development and maintenance to join the Ontology
team. This individual will manage the development and maintenance of 2
taxonomies as well as numerous mapping files. This position has the potential to manage the Ontology Editorial group consisting of Classification Model Developers and taxonomy specialists.
Responsibilities
* Define, develop and maintain a user taxonomy that optimizes search and retrieval, navigation and browsing capabilities for TLR Business Information and News products.
* Continually augment and refine content, structure and format of taxonomy to meet existing and emerging customer needs.
* Oversee development of taxonomy used for classification of content.
* Develop and maintain numerous mapping files.
* Manage implementation of thesaurus/ontology management software program.
* Ensure that data integrity issues are identified and proactively addressed.
* Work with QA Specialist to develop and manage QA processes for taxonomies, mappings, authority files and classification and extraction data.
* Design and implement automatic feedback loops using classification, extraction and user data results to determine optimal changes to taxonomy development and structure.
* Proactively identify and resolve data integrity issues.
* Work with Product Development, Engineering, Development and Editorial experts to ensure that assets are compatible with existing products and
technology.
* Ensure work and projects are aligned with business and product priorities.
* Provide general Ontology assistance to Thomson West as required.
QUALIFICATIONS:
* Master's degree in Information Science required.
* Minimum 5 years experience working with taxonomies/ontologies/authorities.
* Minimum 3 years Project Management experience.
* Strong management capabilities.
* Highly knowledgeable of automated classification and extraction processes.
* Experience using a variety of thesauri/ontology management tools.
* Extensive experience with online database searching. Ability to form complex Boolean queries.
* Familiar with XML, DTD development and data warehousing principles.
* Ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical coworkers.
* Knowledge of content and data architectures and their relationship to Information Architecture and Knowledge Management practices.
* Extremely detail oriented.