Ian Davis

I develop and deliver a range of content and information solutions for our global clients. Projects can include discovery assessments, taxonomy strategy and creation, taxonomy mapping, search support, information architecture and website development. Recent projects have included: * Managing a large mapping project involving a multilingual thesaurus and a set of Library of Congress Subject Headings. * Creating an English language thesaurus (50,000+ preferred terms) using a geographically dist

I worked as an independent consultant for BUPA in the area of metadata and taxonomy creation and development, and implementation of an enterprise search solution.

At Photonica / Iconica, I worked to create and implement the e-commerce website www.iconica.com and was responsible for the development of www.photonica.com. I also developed, implemented and maintained all taxonomies underpinning the electronic classification and retrieval of Photonica's digital image content. One aspect of this included creating an extensive English language thesaurus and managing the localization of that controlled vocabulary into five European languages.

At Corbis, I served as head of the UK division’s image cataloguing department.