Posts by Melody Smith
Harnessing the Power of Semantics
Legal entity identifiers are a form of semantic data. The lack of legal entity identifiers is partly at fault for the failure of investment banking firms in 2008 and after. The vital data was lacking when crucial business decisions needed to be made by organizations. Accessing risk exposure was compromised and the fallout was harsh.
Read MoreUsing the Right Tools
Among the many metadata management tools on the market today, configuration management databases (CMDBs) and service-oriented architecture (SOA) repositories are some of the most familiar. These tools seek to automate the collection and dissemination of policy-related metadata in hopes of automating policy enforcement. This is an important part of the automated governance critical to achieving business agility.
Read MoreThe Perfect Gift
Have you started your Christmas shopping yet? The book, Cultural Heritage Ethics: Between Theory and Practice, would be very relevant to the development of cultural and historical taxonomies and thesauri. The way the terms are chosen and organized can have a strong effect on people’s perception of cultures and historical events. So for the history buff or word geek on your shopping list, this might just be what you, or they, need.
Read MoreWorking Together
Efficient records management systems are key for handling and locating your data. One county government in northwest England chose an electronic document and records management system (EDRMS) to deliver effective and efficient records management practices across all users.
Read MoreMaking Careful Decisions
Lexmark International’s Perceptive Software released their Interact 2.0 for Microsoft Dynamics AX, which allows users to locate content with ease and speed.
Read MoreSetting Up a Path
Digirati and the Semantic Web Company (SWC) are joining together in a new services initiative to deliver semantic publishing solutions for specialist online publishers. The new partnership will bring solutions to managing traditional content managed websites and portals by creating a higher level of content findability.
Read MoreAdditional Active Searching Techniques for Taxonomy Resources
To continue our theme from last time: “For every minute spent in organizing an hour is earned” (Unknown).
This quotation helps us remember the importance of developing online search techniques that will help you “save” time (or, at least allocate your time wisely!). Previously, we looked at keyword searching on the open web and in full-text search environments. Today, let’s consider another active search technique. This one takes advantage of online website directories.
Read MoreWord of Another Kind
If you are like me, words intrigue and inspire you. I could be called a thesaurus nerd, reading and researching words synonymous with one another to add impact to my writing and tell my stories with more emotion, detail, and energy.
Read MoreMetadata Retention Concerns
The proposed changes to telecommunications law in the Austrailian parliament has some worried and others concerned. Metadata retention, online privacy, and telecommunications industry worries are certainly hot topics, but how important are they to the average Australian? What is the impact on their privacy?
Read MoreMaking Digital Content Findable
A National Institutes of Health (NIH) program is planned to consolidate a massive amount of scattered biomedical research data. It was recently announced that the program will include the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine, which received a $9.2 million grant.
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