Search specialists Open Objects recently released a new web service that provides automatic IPSV classification when passed page content or a URL for a page.
We've tried integrating this service and a simmilar service from Cintra with our metadata component for MCMS and at first glimpse they look to be pretty useful.
Having struggled with the problem of how to get authors in a devolved content management to consistently categorise information when faced with 2,700 potential categories I've overcome my initial scepticism about automated approaches. Although not so much that I'd recommend automatically tagging your entire site!
Our approach in CMS was semi-manual. On the metadata screen, which appears after a page is submitted, we used these services to narrow the possible IPSV categories in the select-box down from 2,700 to a manageable few that the author could then pick from, or ignore and make their own choice from the full list.
Details on Open Object's IPSV recommender
Details on Cintra's Searchlight
Access to both services is available on a subscription basis.
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