02 — Capability · BC-790.40
Metadata & Taxonomy
Describe content with shared terms and fields, so the same thing is labeled the same way everywhere and can be found, retained and secured by its label.
- Enterprise Taxonomy
- Information Architecture
In scope
- The enterprise taxonomy and controlled vocabularies
- Metadata standards for content types
- Automatic and manual tagging of content
Out of scope
- Business glossary and data definitions for structured data (see BC-750)
- Sensitivity labels enforced by security tools (see BC-760)
Decomposes into · 3
- BC-790.40.10Controlled VocabulariesMaintain the agreed lists of terms for topics, places, products and organizations, with an owner and a way to propose changes.
- BC-790.40.20Content Metadata StandardsDefine the fields each content type must carry, which are required, and how they are filled, so content stays describable at scale.
- BC-790.40.30Content TaggingApply taxonomy terms and metadata to content as it is created or migrated, with automation where accuracy allows and checks where it does not.