Posts by Melody Smith
Emotions Categorized
Researchers are producing a behavioral catalog which would be emotionally helpful for patients and assist doctors in being more compassionate while dealing with them. The catalog will guide medical training and education by breaking down the discourse and analyzing the context. This interesting information came from News Tonight Africa in their article, “Researchers Hope to Create a Behavioral Taxonomy to Guide Medical Training.”
Read MoreThe Popularity of Data
Depending on your entertainment and news choices, the assumption of what was most talked about in 2013 may differ from this list. HITC Lifestyle brought us this interesting example of metadata in their article, “Beyond selfies and twerking … the words that really mattered in 2013.” Big data, metadata, surveillance, and Obamacare are just a few of the terms that one author considered worthy. Unlike artisanal, using these terms does not automatically increase the price of the product.
Read MoreSemantic Change
Search has never been more personal, or engaging or interactive. Most of all, it has never been more changing. As semantic technology continues to evolve, search is correspondingly becoming more comprehensive and effective. This interesting topic was brought to us by Search Engine Land in their article, “5 Ways To Unlock The Benefits Of Semantic Search.”
Read MoreMachine Assisted Indexing Trumps
The ECRI Institute Patient Safety Organization has created a health IT hazard reporting system to make it easier to see trends. The Health IT Hazard Manager was funded by Abt Associates with the ECRI Institute and Geisinger Health System’s Patient Safety Institute. The project incorporates Agency for Healthcare Research Quality (AHRQ) common formats and a tested, standardized taxonomy to index the content of a central repository of data.
Read MoreClass is Everything
EDItEUR has published a new subject classification system intended for use throughout the global book and e-book trade.
Read MoreNew Acquisition Creates Mega-Database
The Tribune Co. has agreed to buy the Gracenote subsidiary from Sony for $170 million. This will add a music metadata service to its video metadata operation. Gracenote is best known for its music metadata, used by a number of streaming music services. The Gracenote database gets 550 million look-ups each day and more than 16 billion every month. This news come from CED Magazine in their article, “Tribune to buy Gracenote for $170M.”
Read MoreNew Partnership Results in Real-Time Analysis
Datawatch Corporation has announced an OEM partnership with Semantic Visions to deliver real-time predictive analysis and visualization of supply chain disruptions on the SAP HANA platform. This came to us from MarketWatch in their article, “Datawatch And Semantic Visions Enable Real-Time Predictive Analysis And Visualization For SAP HANA.”
Read MoreGoing Digital Worthy, But Challenging
Despite their instructions, almost half (46 percent) of federal agency records and information management professionals do not believe the presidential directive for digital records are realistic and obtainable. This came just days before the end of 2013.
Read MoreUsing the Data You Store
Data storage continues to be an issue for most organizations. This piece of information might make you feel better about your own situation. At the end of 2012, 1.3 trillion objects were stored in Amazon S3, the world’s largest object storage system. Even more so, that number is growing faster than 1 billion objects per day. InfoWorld brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “What is object storage?”
Read MoreAccess Innovations, Inc. Selects Heather Kotula as DHUG Meeting and Marketing Coordinator
Heather Kotula, a long-time employee of Access Innovations, Inc., has recently been promoted to the position of DHUG (Data Harmony Users Group) Meeting and Marketing Coordinator. Heather is one of many faces of fresh, young talent at Access Innovations, and her promotion can only mean good things for the company.
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