Posts by Melody Smith
Expanding the Clouds
Oracle has expanded its cloud services portfolio in a number of ways recently. One of those is the Oracle Integration Cloud Service – an integration platform that helps users make connections between on-premises and software as a service (SaaS) applications, and then monitor those connections through visual dashboards and other tools. Tech Target brought this news to…
Read MoreThe Changes in Technology
Machine learning or semantic technology is the basis for most commercial artificial-intelligence systems, and it is about to do things a little differently. This interesting information came from MIT News in their article, “More-flexible machine learning.” Currently using an object-recognition algorithm to classify a particular image, MIT researchers are presenting a new way that enables semantically…
Read MoreConference Early Bird Discount Ends Friday
The Enterprise Data World Conference in San Diego, CA on April 17-22, 2016 is just around the corner, and if you haven’t made the decision to attend yet, maybe the list of speakers and topics will help you make up your mind. The speakers can change the way you make decisions in our data-driven world and…
Read MoreMore Access to Databases
The U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), in collaboration with Boston University School of Medicine has announced the launch of the Health Literacy Tool Shed. This interesting news came from the Library Journal in their article, “Reference: National Library of Medicine Releases New Health Literacy Tool Shed Website.” The Health Literacy Tool Shed is a free,…
Read MoreIntelligence Is Not Only Determined by Language
I have people in my life that would accuse me of making this up to justify my own vices. So imagine my extreme joy when I have finally been vindicated. It seems a potty mouth may not be all bad. This interesting and humorous information came from Medical Daily in their article, “Bad Words: People Who…
Read MoreDigital Privacy Unplugged
California continues to be very progressive with their digital privacy laws. This interesting information came from WIRED in their article, “California Now Has the Nation’s Best Digital Privacy Law.” The Electronic Communications Privacy Act bars any state law enforcement agency or other investigative entity from compelling a business to turn over any metadata or digital communications—including…
Read MoreTaxonomy and Metadata Specialist Needed
To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, ontology, etc., we are sharing career opportunities that we find with our readers. Even if you are not in the market for a career move, it is always good to stay on top of what is available and how the fields are…
Read MoreKeeping Track of History with Semantic Technology
Historians used to keep important information in their heads and then progressed to note cards and pieces of paper. Eventually official entries in record books became the norm, that is until digital indexing was created. Even then many of the traditionalists believed it was a fad or short-lived phenomenon. DATAVERSITY brought this information to us in…
Read MoreLibrary Data Open to Access
Helsinki University Library’s open data web service offers the vast majority of the library’s data in easy-to-use JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) format. This interesting news came from the blog post, “Helsinki University Library opens its data for the general public.” Citizens and businesses can retrieve library’s data from the service for personal or commercial purposes. There are…
Read MoreFile Organization Assistance
Working with PDF files stored in the cloud can be a little challenging depending on their size. A new partnership with Dropbox connects Acrobat users with documents stored in the cloud storage icon. This interesting information came to us from Computer World in their article, “Adobe teams with Dropbox as part of Document Cloud upgrades.” Users…
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