Integrated Terminology Services

Lexaurus Bank provides standards-based, web service systems integration that enables synchronisation of approved terminologies across multiple systems, with dynamic updates of classification changes as they occur.

Creating and publishing vocabularies outside of the systems and tools that utilise them can simplify the development and implementation of these applications and place management of vocabularies in the hands of knowledge experts.

At an enterprise level, operation of a dedicated terminology service supports an architecture in which common infrastructure services are separated from individual applications. As part of a Service Orientated Architecture (SOA), terminology management can become deliverable as a Web Service, fulfilling individual application terminology needs while simultaneously enabling system interoperability. Subsequent terminology changes can be undertaken independently of the systems that consume them, with revised classifications being synchronised across the enterprise. Importantly, creation and management of all vocabularies can then be overseen by information management experts, ensuring classification practices are in-line with corporate-wide objectives.

On a practical level, this can enable classification taxonomies and navigation structures to be developed in parallel with new system implementations, reducing deployment time and costs considerably. This approach can also streamline the process of data migration and individual system upgrades, and ensure that content 'knowledge' is not irretrievably bound-up in systems and platforms that may in the future be replaced.

When controlled vocabularies are used consistently across diverse systems in multi-department organisations, the constraints of separate data silos are overcome. Documents, records and content become interlinked with structured search data, and intelligent system interoperability can be achieved to enrich corporate knowledge.

Solutions Guide - Integrated Terminology Services in Government

Case Study - "Lexaurus helps the National Strategies open the gateway to teaching resources"

Lexaurus Bank

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