Privacy is the Subject of the Day

June 17, 2013 / Melody Smith / Comments Off on Privacy is the Subject of the Day

Metadata has always been viewed as an asset, tracking and enabling search, providing breadcrumbs to locate data, and generally being a benefit. However, I wonder: Would the United States military agree with that now? This topic was inspired by the article, “Are my e-mails private from government agencies?”, found on KTAR.com.

Metadata from e-mail has always been one of the most easily accessible electronic trails; the recent scandal just reinforces that fact. Metadata makes digital content findable.

Findability works best when a proper taxonomy is in place. Proper indexing against a strong standards-based taxonomy increases the findability of data. Access Innovations is one of a very small number of companies able to help its clients generate ANSI/ISO/W3C-compliant taxonomies.

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Melody Smith

Melody K. Smith has provided organizational, social media and digital communication services to a large non-profit for the past twenty years. Prior to that she championed employee engagement and communications in the healthcare field. She holds a Bachelors degree in Marketing. When not wrangling and writing TaxoDiary content for your reading pleasure, Melody writes fiction, rescues dogs and throws legendary dinner parties.