Heather Hedden
Independent taxonomy consultant
Heather is an independent taxonomy consultant, doing business as Hedden Information Management. She has been working in the field for over 30 years, with past employers including Semantic Web Company and Enterprise Knowledge. Heather is author of the book The Accidental Taxonomist, a frequent conference presenter, blogger, and instructor of taxonomy workshops.
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Working with AI in Taxonomy Builder: Human in the Loop
Read about how the use of Taxonomy Builder goes far beyond accepting or rejecting AI suggestions.
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How AI and Taxonomy Builder Support the Building of Taxonomies
Read about why taxonomy building is harder than it looks & how generative AI addresses its core challenges.
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Taxonomy in the Age of AI
What’s actually changing for the people who build taxonomies? Together with taxonomy expert Heather Hedden we discuss where AI speeds up taxonomy work, where it fails, and what practical workflows look like.
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AI in Taxonomy Building
General GenAI tools struggle with structured, standards-compliant taxonomy work. Taxonomy expert Heather Hedden walks through why standard AI falls short and how to build accurate, knowledge-graph-ready structures.
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Getting Started with Taxonomies
Watch Heather Hedden, Data & Knowledge Engineer at SWC and author of The Accidental Taxonomist, in her webinar “Getting Started with Taxonomies.”
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