Posts by Melody Smith
The Potential in the Clouds
2013 was all about the clouds – making the most of storage and sharing, searching and finding, access and metadata trails. Metadata rose to the top of any most talked about word cloud due to Edward Snowden and the NSA. Metadata is all the information that surrounds a file, including the filename, when it was uploaded, who it was shared with, and when it was accessed. The NSA’s metadata collection program proves that such information can be extremely valuable.
Read MoreInternal Strategy
Organizational intranets are a major part of internal communications around the world. The responsibility for posting is housed in various locations, e.g., communications, information technology, human resources, and even the executive offices. There seems to be no standardization in technology or content management. What many do not realize is internal communications is far more than controlling the rumor mill or sharing the latest human resources policy. It is about strategy.
Read MoreWho’s the Boss?
In case you haven’t read the press release that came out last week from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the title should give you reason for pause, “NTIA Announces Intent to Transition Key Internet Domain Name Functions.”
Read MoreRecords Management in the Court System
Of course records play a vital role in the litigation process as any records management professional would affirm. But what exactly is their role?
Read MoreThe Meaning Matters
Semantic technology has dramatically changed search in recent years. Consumers increasingly expect search engines to understand natural language and perceive the intent behind the words they include in their queries. How does this evolution affect you?
Read MoreOf Taxonomies, Biology, and Moneyball
Baseball and biology are not commonly found in the same conceptual space. Neither do you find taxonomy associated with baseball, but in recent news these connections were made. Grant Bisbee, editor of “Baseball Nation”, digresses into the arcane as he laments the coming of the “He’s In the Best Shape of His Life” season. This is the time of year baseball writers must assess the prospects for the coming season, and clichés and hyperbole reign. The dubious practice of evaluating the physical condition of players runs rampant as spring training begins. With tongue in cheek, Bisbee tries to shape a taxonomy to classify this spring ritual. His would be the taxonomy of the “In the Best-shape Stories”.
Read MoreSemantic Search Enhances Results
Vodacom SA has deployed Ontology Systems to enhance their service assurance operations. By providing Vodacom with a comprehensive service assurance solution for change management and fault management operations, they can accurately assess the impact of change requests and reduce the cross-network impact of ad hoc transmission infrastructure fault management.
Read MoreInformation Architecture Position Available in Southeast Asia
As usual, we are always excited to share with our readers career opportunities in the world of taxonomy, metadata and semantic technology.
Read MoreIntent in Search
By analogy with the evolution of aviation, search technology and semantic technology have reached the equivalent of the stealth bombers. Boolean expressions made searches more sophisticated through the use of query modifiers. It became possible to find better results by narrowing or widening the parameters. Keyword searches match results to phrases that are specified by users, and advanced algorithms made this the dominant approach for Web search engines by assigning rankings to pages with the best user experience. But what about context?
Read MoreManaging the Data
Managing massive amounts of information is not a foreign challenge for any area of business. We have often talked about it from the information technology perspective, but when you narrow it down to specific fields of interests, like insurance providers, the history of dealing with data in that field may prove to be the bigger challenge.
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