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a.k.a. is an information governance tool from Ingenuity Plus for building and managing metadata, taxonomies and classification schemes. A single application covers several governance tasks, from describing and finding information assets to keeping retention schedules. The vendor says it works with SharePoint and other content management platforms.

Main features

• Taxonomies and thesauri: builds and maintains taxonomies, thesauri, ontologies and controlled vocabularies.
• Metadata frameworks: creates metadata elements and structures that can be deployed into different information systems.
• Retention and disposal: builds retention and disposal schedules, alongside an information asset register and a legislation register.
• Data transformation: mapping tools, wizards and templates for export files and interactive reports published to the web.
• Code and rules library: a library of code and rules that automates governance tasks.

Clients

Information management teams in organisations that need classification and governance tools. The site says the software is designed for non-technical users.

Key facts

• Developed by: Ingenuity Plus, with practitioners who have hands-on information management experience.
• Modules: Designer, Library, Architect and Exchange Plus.
• Integrations: SharePoint and ECM platforms.