iSchool Capstone

Starbucks Ontology

Project tags:

business & systems analysis

information architecture

knowledge organization

Project poster

The goal of this project was the creation of a beverage and flavor taxonomy and ontology to allow the Starbucks Business Intelligence Team to successfully complete analytics and pick up trends. Terms, definitions, and structures were developed through a combination of current-state domain research, stakeholder interviews, and use case scenarios. Our ontology will enable Starbucks to better understand the relationships between their products and the metadata around them. The taxonomy and controlled vocabulary we have established will aid the analytics team by demonstrating hierarchies and relationships so that their is data more organized so it can be effectively used.

Project participants:

Leslie Granillo

MLIS

Jessica Kent

MLIS

Taylor Hartford

MLIS

Tori Hanson

MLIS