Taxonomy
Development: Case Studies and Trends in Upstream
Oil and Gas Wanda
Jackson, president, WHL Information Solutions
Inc. Taxonomy development in the upstream
oil and gas industry employs a variety of tools
and techniques. Development is often closely
linked to knowledge management strategies and/or
records management initiatives. This session
will present a series of case studies that describe
what we've learned and explains why it should
matter to you.
2:00 - 2:45 PM
The
Business Case and Unwritten Rules for Taxonomy
Development Janice
Anderson, CEO, and Anne Tülek, vp professional
services, Access Sciences Corp. What
is the market for taxonomy development systems?
What are the costs of operating without one?
What are the drivers for building upstream taxonomies,
and will autoclassification technologies suffice?
What are the rules for the process of developing
in-house taxonomies? Everything you need to
know, you probably learned in high school.
2:45 - 3:15 PM
Break
3:15 - 4:00 PM
Taxonomy Maintenance and User Training Pam
Weaver, assistant director for administration
and training, Petroleum Abstracts Two often
overlooked aspects of taxonomy development are
maintenance and user training. Petroleum Abstracts
has maintained a controlled vocabulary of upstream
terminology for over 40 years. Along with that
vocabulary, providing training on how best to
use it has been an integral part of Petroleum
Abstracts' services for the past 20 years. How
each is accomplished and how they interrelate
will be discussed.
4:00 - 4:45 PM
Frequently
Asked Questions about Taxonomies and Metadata Ron
Daniel, principal, Taxonomy Strategies When the subject
of improving search arises, discussions of taxonomies
and metadata are sure to follow. But what is
a taxonomy - just a folder structure or something
else? Who should build it? How do you know if
you have a good one? How does it actually help
search? This talk starts with the questions
we are most frequently asked, plus the questions
we are never asked that we should be asking.
The second half of the talk will be reserved
for attendees' questions, so bring a bunch of
them.
Day
2: Upstream Workflow: Integrating Data and
Applications into a Faster Decision-Making Process
Thursday, March
23, 2006
12:30 - 1:00 PM
Luncheon and Registration
1:00 - 1:15 PM
Introduction Jeanne
Perdue, editor, Upstream CIO
1:15 - 2:00 PM
Trends in the Next
Generation of Engineering Workspace Software Kemal
Farid, president & CEO, and Jose Alvarez, Merrick
Systems The volume
of data available to petroleum engineers is
increasing while their net time per asset is
decreasing. A new generation of desktop and
networked engineering tools is needed to meet
the challenges of disparate data sources and
the demand for more automated decision making.
Upstream IT’s goal is to combine capabilities
for data integration, workflow automation of
engineering processes, and connectivity into
multi-vendor solutions into this next generation
of multidisciplinary collaborative environments.
Our presentation will highlight the capabilities
needed in these new tools and Merrick’s approach
to this challenge.
2:00 - 2:45 PM
The
Building Blocks of Information Management Dr.
Jeffrey W. Pferd, sr. vp product management,
Petris Pferd
will discuss the building blocks for streamlining
workflow, covering the various functional components
and how the inventory of components fit together
into a puzzle picture. He will propose how to
get from where we are to where we need to be,
and will share some customer experiences.
2:45 - 3:15 PM
Break
3:15 - 4:00 PM
Kevin
Freeman, Stone Bond Technologies Freeman
will present a proposed vertical stack for integration,
with data at the bottom and business intelligence
at the top. Any cross-section of this stack
would become composite applications. Freeman
will also discuss BPEL and Web services standards.
4:00 - 4:45 PM
A Field Guide to Application and Data Integration
Strategies Clay
Harter, chief technology officer, OpenSpirit
Corp. There are different levels of data and application
integration. This paper discusses the different
levels of integration, what their business impact
is, and what strategies our industry has employed
to achieve the desired level of integration.
Practical examples will be given in the area
of technical application integration as well
as bridging the gap between business and technical
applications. Time permitting, we will try to
poll the workshop participants on their company's
key integration challenges.
