Posts by Melody Smith
The Supposed Advantages of Statistical Indexing
I would like to make some observations about statistics-based categorization and search, and about the advantages that their proponents claim.
First of all, statistics-based co-occurrence approaches do have their place. For wide-ranging bodies of text such as email archives and social media exchanges, and for assessing the nature of an unknown collection of documents, a well-defined collection of concepts covering a pre-determined area of study and practice is not possible. For lack of this foundation, and for lack of other practical approaches, attempts at analysis fall back on less-than -ideal mathematical approaches.
Read MoreApplying Standards in the Right Places
Many businesses work hard at developing and implementing records and information management strategies. However, if you dig a little deeper into those “strategies”, you may find a lack of management. Many confuse the terms data management and storage. Tucking away all your data somewhere safe is not the definition for data management.
Read MoreMore ways we improved Data Harmony documentation for the 3.9 software release
Data Harmony onscreen interface tabs, button-names, menu options, dialog boxes, text-boxes, and actual computer code examples: Each category is presented in a different emphasis and font-style in the software instructions, to reduce confusion for the new reader.
Read MoreThe Art of Taxonomy
I know you are going to think I have a drinking problem. First whiskey, and now beer. However, if it helps, I do not like beer and yes, I have tried your favorite kind and I still don’t like it. I do like this interesting infographic though.
Read MoreHow did we improve Data Harmony documentation for the 3.9 software release?
In 2014, we improved the instruction manuals significantly – to be more comprehensive without being harder on the eyes. We upgraded the documentation to be even clearer, more consistent and complete than before, while removing extraneous material.
Read MoreUsing Metadata to Revisit History
We shared an article here last year about using metadata to find Paul Revere. It was sort of “tongue in cheek” but a good example of how much power metadata possesses and the positive uses for it.
Read MoreMy favorite M.A.I upgrades in Data Harmony v3.9, continued
I like the variety of exports available. We’re still creating custom ones for content and web content management systems that require specialized formats, and we’ll continue to do that. But now we can offer exports of limited (top) levels of a hierarchy and exports that include only the fields that you want.
Read MoreAchieving True Findability Requires Standards
WAND has launched its WAND Taxonomy Library Portal that provides resources for companies who are developing a taxonomy strategy by giving access to more than 100,000 pre-built taxonomy concepts developed by experts.
Read MoreMy favorite M.A.I upgrades in Data Harmony v3.9
I think the changes in the TestMAI function are really exciting. If you’re loading files from a directory, Data Harmony now remembers that directory rather than requiring you to find the full path each time. And, once you have loaded or pasted in text to index and press the M.A.I. button, in addition to seeing the suggested terms, you see the matches that activated rules to suggest those terms – or not; it’s really easy to turn off the highlighting with a Ctrl+L key press.
Read MoreSiri on Steroids?
A powerful new invention that could apply to a future version of Siri has been patented by Apple. It is designed to work with distributed sensors that a user could place throughout their home, Office or beyond. It’s an advanced reminder system that could notify you that it’s time to take your medications or that you have appointments or meetings in any room equipped with the appropriate sensors.
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