Archive for 2011
Naïveté? Hardly.
Is it really naïve to think two complimentary domains can be described by taxonomies and then mapped? Authors Robert L. Glass and Iris Vessey, in a recent Viewpoints column in IEEE Software published by the IEEE Computer Society, titled, “Naïveté Squared: In Search of Two Taxonomies and a Mapping Between Them” concluded they were naïve. The authors have long thought, there needs to be “a taxonomy of application domains; a taxonomy of solution approaches; and a mapping between the two.” They feel they were naïve because, despite promoting the need for several decades, it hasn’t happened. Or so they think.
Read MoreTechnology Changes Physician’s Roles
I am sure most physicians didn’t decide to go to medical school because they liked technology. Granted and especially recently, younger medical students are entering the field already assimilated to using technology in every aspect of their life so applying it in their daily professional life is no stretch. However, with the many advances in semantic technology and now the shift to ICD 10 coding, which will require more specific coding for reimbursements, physicians can no longer hide in the clinic and let the office manager fend for their selves.
Read MoreCIA is Investing in Semantic Search
The CIA is embracing semantic technology by investing an undisclosed, but apparently healthy, amount in semantic search technology and a technology that can turn a PC into a wireless network. In-Q-Tel is the CIA’s investment group and they are backing NetBase, developer of semantic search technology, and Connectify, developer of VPN software.
Read MoreSmart Software Identifying Images
Wouldn’t it be nice if software could identify the contents of a digital image or video? The potential uses are endless — security, photo library searches, and publishing; just to name a few.
Read MoreIndexing Your Cookbooks
Though it may seem trivial in comparison to indexing millions of books in libraries, hundreds of thousands documents for publishers, and the endless financial data being indexed continuously, a new technology is indexing personal cookbook libraries for ease in searching for a specific recipe, ingredient or theme.
Read MoreIBM Receives Patent for Ontology Generation
International Business Machines (IBM) was awarded a patent for method and system for generating an ontology. The co-inventors are Rama Kalyani Akkiraju, San Jose, Calif., Richard T. Goodwin, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., Hui Guo, East Elmhurst, N.Y., and Anca-Andreea Ivan, San Jose, Calif.
Read MoreMetaVis Online to be Showcased at SharePoint Conference
MetaVis Online is the first enterprise-class software as a service (SaaS) SharePoint migration solution to help migration to Office 365 SharePoint Online in a cost-effective manner.
Read MoreNew SharePoint Marketing Suite Released
Intlock has released the CardioLog SharePoint Marketing Suite that enables a seamless integration with SharePoint. The end result is an accurate and insightful analytical information about SharePoint, based on SharePoint’s hierarchy, taxonomy, content and user metadata.
Read MoreThe Case for Taxonomy
Search, social computing and metadata taxonomy all work to help your users find content as fast as possible and with ease. But this doesn’t just happen; it takes time and effort to make any enterprise content management system successful. This seems to be a problem for leadership to understand when it comes to dedicating time and resources. Unfortunately, the end costs could be far greater if they don’t plan appropriately.
Read MoreEnhanced Medical Content by Healthline
Sharecare is an interactive social Q&A platform created by Jeff Arnold and Dr. Mehmet Oz in partnership with Healthline Networks and many others. Healthline’s suite of applications, content and navigation services are all powered by the company’s medically-guided search platform.
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