Posts by Melody Smith
Reducing Redundancy
The United States Navy plans to deploy a prototype enterprise-wide records and task management software system designed to replace redundant systems.
Read MoreStandards Level the Playing Fields
There is constant conversation about technology, performance, and storage in the world of information services. It appears to be a never-ending cycle of regenerating work all focused on getting the optimal performance out of our technology at any one moment in time.
Read MoreA Marriage of the Past and the Future
Katy Klettlinger became Licking County’s first records center coordinator in November 2008 to store and preserve public records. The position was one of solitude at first but now oversees three other full-time employees: one reference archivist and two imaging technicians. They preserve public records on paper, in electronic form and on microfilm.
Read MoreSemantic Technology Conference Celebrates 10 Years
DATAVERSITY™ Education, LLC, and SemanticWeb.com have released the agenda and opening of registration for the 10th annual Semantic Technology & Business Conference (SemTechBiz).
Read MoreTrees, Fractals, and Taxonomies
If you look at a branch of a typical deciduous tree, you can see that it looks like a smaller tree. Likewise, that branch branches off into smaller branches that look like even smaller trees. This characteristic of trees is an example of what mathematicians, biologists, and systems scientists call self-similarity. Self-similar systems repeat their basic geometry at smaller and smaller scales, creating multiple miniatures of themselves at different scales. In general, natural and mathematical systems in which self-similarity results in complex and detailed patterns are referred to as fractal systems.
Read MoreStreamlining the Search
Modern records management is in a process of evolution. Many organizations, including private, public and government, have begun to digitize, because maintaining paper and digital records together is no longer feasible. Manually indexing is just too difficult and time consuming, so a tool is needed to accomplish this goal. However, it is more than just indexing. Streamlining the discovery portion is as important, if not more important.
Read MoreSearching and Finding
Do the current methods of searching the Internet actually have an expiration date? The scientists at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) believe that just may be the case. Their goal is to revolutionize the discovery, organization, and presentation of results.
Read MoreStandards and Taxonomies – Match Made in Heaven
A recent study revealed an open standard for fixed-income reference data would better coordinate taxonomies, even with the Enterprise Data Management (EDM) Council’s Financial Industry Business Ontology (FIBO).
Read MoreDigitizing Preserves Valuable Data
The volume and rapid growth of data, which can be overwhelming for information managers, have completely changed the approach and risk to records management. Mistakes can result in financial implications.
Read MoreMoving to the Cloud Allows for More Creative Room
Open source native software libraries for Android and iOS have been released by Cloudant for developers to manage and replicate mobile application data on phones, tablets, and other occasionally connected devices.
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