Posts by Melody Smith
Search and Beyond
Much like metadata became the term of the year after the revelations surrounding the National Security Agency’s use of this telling tool, enterprise search is fast becoming a hot topic.
Read MoreSemantic Technology Gathers Industry Leaders
fluidOps will present at Semantic Technology & Business Conference (SemTechBiz) next week in San Jose, California.
Read MoreSemantic Technology and Data Integration
Smartlogic recently released Semaphore 3.7 with assurance that this release provides even more accuracy in the massively improved information extraction capabilities.
Read MoreTaxonomy 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.
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