Synaptica's key differentiators
Synaptica offers powerful features and an enterprise architecture that differentiates it from other taxonomy and metadata management software tools. Before investing in new tools be sure to review your requirements and check them off against our extensive suite of innovative features and functionality. Contact us today to arrange a hands-on demonstration.
ARCHITECTURAL
DIFFERENTIATORS

  • Many taxonomy tools require distributed desktop applications, lack enterprise scalability or don't have open APIs, but Synaptica is built for robust and scalable behind-the- firewall server deployment
  • Single or multiple load-balanced servers with failover backup
  • Database backup and replication
  • Unicode UTF character-sets
  • Bowser-based presentation layer with no client-side application
  • Full functionality API and web-services layer
  • Single-sign-on authentication
  • Cloud-based computing solutions
STANDARDS
DIFFERENTIATORS

  • Many taxonomy tools don't fully support all the industry standard requirements for controlled vocabularies but Synaptica is built on a core of standards
  • Build controlled vocabularies compliant with ANSI-NISO Z39.19, ISO 2788 and ISO 5494 
  • Import in CSV, Excel, ZThes, SKOS and OWL
  • Export in HTML, TXT, CSV, Word, Excel, ZThes, SKOS and OWL
COLLABORATION
DIFFERENTIATORS

  • Many taxonomy tools are designed for single users or multiple users with little or no differentiation in user permissions but Synaptica is designed for online collboration
  • 12 tiers of role-based functional permissions
  • Multiple compartmentalized and/or collaborative partitioned workspaces
  • Customizable workflow flags
  • Automatic generation of scheduled reports with email dissemination to need-to-know team members
PRODUCTIVITY
DIFFERENTIATORS

  • Automatic mapping of multiple taxonomies
  • All-in-one editing screen
  • Rapid-fire term builder screen
  • Side-by-side mapping screen
  • Drag-and-drop tree builder screen
  • Online help and user guides
  • Batch editing of terms and/or relationships
  • Global replication of complete taxonomies
  • Versioning of taxonomies
  • Alphabetical, hierarchical and tabular views
CONFIGURABILITY
DIFFERENTIATORS

  • Many taxonomy tools only support pre-configured data types, like thesauri or hierarchical taxonomies, but Synaptica can handle any structured data type and it can be infinitely extended over time 
  • Create taxonomy templates on-the-fly to handle: dictionaries and lexicons, taxonomies, thesauri, person name files, geographic name files, acronyms and glossaries
  • Add an unlimited number of data elements per template and configure data types and rules
  • Create semantic relationship types on-the-fly to handle: synonymy, hierarchy, association, and equivalency
  • Start with simple structures that can evolve into complex ontologies