Nodes and Taxonomy
Everything published in drupal is considered a Node, whether it is a story, collaborative book page, blog, image, or weblink. The power of this form of content creation is that you can organize your content by selecting topics associated with a node, from the site's taxonomy.
The topic you set allows for navigation via the Site Map and the categories listed on the top of every node.
There are 5 main categories:- Enterprise Architecture - things related to development of APU's EIA
- Initiatives -things related to IMT's 3 year plan
- Standards & Policies - things we are asked to define, clarify, or collaborate on
- Information Technology - general IT categories for research and news
- WorkBlog - for posting personal notes or things about what you are working on.
- AWG Website - information, help, or news relating the AWG website itself
Regardless of which Node Type is used, the information will be retrievable via browsing by topic.
If you don't see a Topic that you would like to connect a node to, then you have permission to add terms to the site taxonomy under the administration menu. There are 3 vocabularies in the site taxonomy. The "About" vocabulary is for static pages you see in the About block on the right. The "Topic" vocabulary is the primary categories for all content. Please do not create new vocabularies or new top/root level terms but rather add terms to the existing heirarchy based on the 5 main categories listed above. If you have suggsestions for major logical revisions to the heirarchy just email me, I am not sure I have the most logical layout. The last vocabulary is "Glossary" which allows you to add terms simply for defining them as you use them in text posts. This is especially helpful to define the thousands of acronyms we deal with in our industry that some readers may not know. Terms added to the glossary will automatically be linked to with a superscript i link next to the term. This vocabulary is not for navigation as the Topics vocabulary. You can use "Related Terms" if you would like to add "see also" links in your term description.
