Yearly Archives: 2011

Semantic Technology Improving Workflow

By |July 15th, 2011|News, semantic|Comments Off on Semantic Technology Improving Workflow

FirstRain has launched a set of enhancements designed to simplify the experience of monitoring your company, industry, competitors and investments. Focusing on two major areas: role-based workflow improvements and mobile app availability, this newest release delivers a new level of simple yet effective intelligence integration into the daily workflow of sales, marketing and finance professionals.

Flexible Technology is the Key

By |July 15th, 2011|indexing, News, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Flexible Technology is the Key

Enterprise content management (ECM) software needs to be as flexible as any other technology on the market. Hyland Software's ECM solution, OnBase, is a good example of this with their expanded core functionality of intelligent imaging and capture, and a platform that can be leveraged for building data-driven applications. Add to that the increasing opportunities for it to be offered in a mobile-enabled environment.

Let’s Play

By |July 14th, 2011|indexing, News, search|Comments Off on Let’s Play

Microtask, a Finnish company, attempted a new approach in the digitization effort of the National Library of Finland. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software, the method through which scanned documents are converted from image to searchable text, can be prone to errors which can affect accuracy and indexing. Unfortunately, these mistakes can only be corrected by human hands and that is a time consuming task.

New Database Uses Colorful Taxonomy

By |July 14th, 2011|News, Taxonomy|Comments Off on New Database Uses Colorful Taxonomy

Leadership Directories has branched out into health care with Health Focus, its first online database covering a particular industry. Health Focus holds information on 150,000 leaders and 8,000 organizations across the U.S. health care industry.

New Versions Available for Lucene Core and Solr

By |July 14th, 2011|indexing, News, search|Comments Off on New Versions Available for Lucene Core and Solr

New versions of Lucene Core – Java-based indexing and search tool formerly known as Lucene Java - and Solr – an enterprise search server - are now available from the Apache Lucene project.

Taxonomy Webinar Series – First One is Today

By |July 13th, 2011|News, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Taxonomy Webinar Series – First One is Today

The SLA Taxonomy Division is presenting a webinar series - Leveraging Your Taxonomy - starting today and continuing 6 sessions on the second Wednesday of each month through December.

Emoticons Can’t Testify

By |July 13th, 2011|News|Comments Off on Emoticons Can’t Testify

Eating your words just took on a whole new meaning. Whether you tweet, post on Facebook, or are active on the new Google+, it is important to remember that what is said, posted or received may be used in the course of court or arbitral proceedings.

Scope Scoops Up New Project

By |July 13th, 2011|indexing, News, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Scope Scoops Up New Project

Scope eKnowledge Center (Scope), India, has announced that it has been selected by ASTM International for its subject matter expert (SME)-curated knowledge mining and indexing services.

Elsevier Releases New Tool

By |July 12th, 2011|News, search|Comments Off on Elsevier Releases New Tool

Elsevier has released a new tool within its management solution SciVal Experts. This new tool seamlessly links opportunities with SciVal Funding, which is their funding intelligence solution delivering targeted recommendations for funding opportunities and providing suggestions regarding potential collaborators for awards.

Indexing Needs A Solid Taxonomy

By |July 12th, 2011|indexing, News, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Indexing Needs A Solid Taxonomy

The National and University Library of Slovenia has adopted EBSCO's Discovery Service (EDS) to index their library resources into a single, searchable catalog.