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ITC Infotech Escalates its Metatagging Solution
June 4, 2010 – Several years ago we heard about ITC Infotech, the India-based services company, and its Metatag+ solution. In 2009, the Gilbane Group published “ITC Infotech Introduces New Solution for the Media and Entertainment Industry.” The product dropped off our radar. Yesterday we fielded an inquiry about Metatag+. Our recollection is that the…
Read MoreMicrosoft Research Approach to Hierarchical Taxonomy Building
June 3, 2010 – Earlier this year we learned about a novel method for building taxonomies. We located on Microsoft Research’s Web site the complete paper, “Building Taxonomy of Web Search Intents for Name Entity Queries.” Like most technical papers, there is a hefty dose of math, but in this paper the authors have provided…
Read MoreBuilding a Keyword List
June 3, 2010 – One of the methods we use to build a keyword list requires good, old-fashioned research. In the days of 4×6 notecards, library time was an essential first step. We recently learned about a shortcut that is rumored to be popular among some of the search engine optimization specialists. We wanted to…
Read MoreElectronic Newsletters Add Classification System
June 3, 2010 – SmartBrief http://www.smartbrief.com, a publisher of electronic newsletters for various industries, has added the Lexalytics classification system to their repertoire according to “SmartBrief Signs Agreement to Integrate Lexalytics Classification Solution” . The system allows “flexibility in classifying content from various sources” and provides a toolkit that can help “create, edit, and revise…
Read MoreSpindex: Your Personal Index
June 2, 2010 – We learned about Spindex at a conference months ago. The story “Microsoft Launches Its Impossible Project: Spindex” provides more information about what is trending within an individual’s “personal index.” As professionals in the indexing field, we found the notion of a personal index and a topic that warrants some consideration. For…
Read MoreCompliance and Indexing
June 2, 2010 – “Backing Up Corporate Data – How Deduplication Helps” references indexing but the focus is on the challenge of deduplication. Indexing can be a help in certain deduplication operations, and it can be a problem. In free form indexing environments, a document may have different index terms assigned. Is this enough to…
Read MoreSEO and LSI May Help Boost Your Web Site in a Results List
June 2, 2010 – SEO is an acronym for search engine optimization. The idea is that indexing, content, and links can boost a Web page in a Google’s search result list. LSI is shorthand for latent semantic indexing. A definition from PCForHire says: LSI uses word associations to help search engines know more accurately what…
Read MoreMarketing Taxonomy Expertise Enthusiastically
June 1, 2010 – We received an email urging us to read the email threat at the Taxonomy Community of Practice. We did some poking around and identified a discussion on Yahoo’s finance “group” discussion here. We worked through the Yahoo thread and figured out that a person is working to deal with a taxonomy…
Read MoreFolksonomy Persists in Folktales
June 1, 2010 – An expert at Knowledge Architecture Professional Services delivered a talk at a recent conference. The title was “Folksonomy Folktales.” In my opinion, the most interesting idea in the talk was the hybrid approach to taxonomy and folksonomy. The idea is that making use of both formal and informal methods yields good…
Read MoreTaxoDiary: Welcome to Our Blog
June 1, 2010 – After quite a bit of discussion with friends, colleagues, and staff, Access Innovations has decided to create a Web log. The name is TaxoDiary, and the information will be related to indexing, ontologies, controlled vocabularies, and related subjects. We want to share information that we think provides some insight and possibly…
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