Posts by Melody Smith
Taxonomy in the Pipeline, Part 1: Introduction
It can be tempting to look at a taxonomy and only see it in terms of the search results generated from it. That part of it is very important, no doubt, but taxonomies have far-reaching tendrils that extend deep into many industries, especially publishing. They work subtly and are often invisible to the end user, but the effects can be incredibly powerful.
Read MoreUseful Metadata
Metadata is everywhere, whether you are talking about photo files, telephone calls, or books. The fear of metadata is also everywhere. To simplify things, when we’re talking about books, it simply means all the information about your book that isn’t the story itself.
Read MoreSharePoint Information Architect Position Available
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 evolving.
Read MoreRecords Management Needs Standards
Alfresco and Active Navigation have begun a new technology partnership to tackle specific content challenges associated with record organization and retention.
Read MoreMaking Content Findable is Key
Search tools are a researcher’s best technological tool to help them analyze, evaluate, and discover, since making content findable is key to progress.
Read MoreThe Evolution of Search
Search has seen some dramatic changes in recent years, and most attribute that to semantic technology. It has become the normal expectation for users that a search engine would understand inference in natural language versus the query model used for so long.
Read MoreConsistency for Consumers
Under pressure from online retailers, those in the real world are finding the battle to stay relevant tough. Many, but not all, have decided to do a hybrid e-Commerce option to their walk-in point of sale. For some, the learning curve of e-Commerce is a bigger challenge than they are prepared to take on.
Read MoreThe Size of the Data is the Challenge
Federal agencies manage on average 209 million records, or approximately 8.4 billion records for the entire federal government.
Read MoreData Harmony Version 3.9 Shines a Spotlight On Inline Tagging Web-based Service Extension
Access Innovations, Inc. is pleased to announce that the Data Harmony software line now includes inline tagging capability, beginning with Version 3.9, released earlier this year. Inline Tagging Feature In Data Harmony 3.9 Installations Employing inline tags, the TestMAI screen in the MAIstro™ module now displays matching content in a highlighted font when a Data Harmony user runs M.A.I.™ (Machine Aided Indexer), putting the focus on indexing concepts as they appear in the input text. XML elements are applied in the text at the exact location where a word or phrase triggered a term suggestion from the controlled vocabulary (taxonomy or thesaurus).
Read MoreHistory Just Got Bigger
EBSCO has increased the number of databases that are included in its policy for metadata sharing and technology collaboration partnerships with discovery vendors. A new total of 179 EBSCO full-text databases, as well as all 74 EBSCO full-text historical digital archives and all 550,000+ EBSCO eBooks will be available.
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