Melody Smith

Digital Preservation Requires Structure

By Melody Smith | May 8, 2014

India’s Ministry of Communications and IT has announced the Standard for Preservation Information Documentation of Electronic Records. This move to standardize the preservation of digital records across government agencies will ensure that electronic records are produced in a preservable manner.

Expanding Databases

By Melody Smith | May 7, 2014

EBSCO Information Services recently released Communication Source as a resource for communication research. Communication Source was developed from a merger of EBSCO databases, Communication and Mass Media Complete and Communication Abstracts (formerly published by SAGE).

Identifying the Contributors

By Melody Smith | May 6, 2014

Collaboration is a key component of research. Original research papers with a single author are — particularly in the life sciences — a vanishing breed. This makes it difficult to identify author contributions and acknowledgements, as well as to mine any data from the unstructured information.

Hold the Mayo! A study in ambiguity

By Melody Smith | May 5, 2014

When we (at least those of us in Greater Mexico) hear of or read about Cinco de Mayo there is no question in our minds that “Mayo” refers to the month of May. The preceding “Cinco de” (Spanish for “Fifth of”) pretty much clinches it. Of course, if the overall content is in Spanish, there might still might be some ambiguity about whether it is the holiday that is being referred to, or simply a date that happens to be the one after the fourth of May. (As in “Hey, what day do we get off work?” “The fourth of July, I think.”)

Thinking Outside the Data

By Melody Smith | May 2, 2014

The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has released a preview of ScholarOne Web Services, a holistic approach to integration that will enable publishers to discover connections between shared research and ultimately streamline the publishing process.

Document Management is Key

By Melody Smith | May 2, 2014

Infolinx System Solutions has partnered with Bizquip Business Solutions and in turn expanded its global presence. Now integrated with ECM products like Microsoft SharePoint® and Laserfiche, the Infolinx application provides clients with a contemporary technology platform, a browser agnostic application interface, expanded records request capability, and improved reporting functionality.

Semantic Content Position Available

By Melody Smith | May 1, 2014

We are always excited to share with our readers career opportunities in the world of taxonomy, metadata and semantic technology. Even if you aren’t 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.

Data Harmony Release Contains Exciting New Features

By Melody Smith | April 30, 2014

Last week Access Innovations released Data Harmony 3.9 and all week long we shared some of our own developers’ favorite new features. It was nice to see KM World lift up some of the other great new features available in their article, “Content enrichment from Access Innovations.”

Semantic Technology Requires Experience

By Melody Smith | April 30, 2014

TEMIS has entered into a strategic agreement with CABI, a not-for-profit organization providing information and applying scientific expertise to address problems in agriculture and the environment.

Semantic Technology Jobs Available

By Melody Smith | April 29, 2014

Apple is looking for a of Chicago is looking for a Software Engineer for Natural Language Processing. Apple’s Natural Languages Group is responsible for a wide range of natural language processing and data, including auto correction, spellchecking, parts-of-speech tagging, input method conversion, and other technologies that incorporate natural-language information.