Posts by Melody Smith
Providing a Smooth Integration
The challenge of managing information so that findability is possible with ease and speed is made more difficult with regulatory, legal and organizational requirements. In order to address records management requirements in a way that works for users and records managers, Alfresco has released its latest Records Management module (v2.1), along with the next version of Alfresco One (v4.2).
Read MoreTaxonomies to the Rescue
MEDLINE citations are manually indexed at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), using as reference the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) controlled vocabulary. In the past, human indexers read the full text of the article to properly index. However, due to growth, the NLM is exploring automatic indexing options. 7th Space Interactive brought this topic to our attention in their article, “MeSH indexing based on automatically generated summaries.”
Read MoreThe Search War
Apple recently purchased Topsy, a social media analytics company. This move left some folks wondering why. For some, the answer was clear – search, old search to be exact. In a move to challenge Google’s reign as the premier search engine, Apple’s $200 million dollar purchase is intended to provide new levels of recommendations based on Topsy’s data. Don’t scoff at the price, there are billions of dollar in play when you are talking about the game of search.
Read MoreThe Ghosts of Concepts Future
As taxonomists, we have a responsibility to discern those future concepts, although they may still be invisible to most. We can save the various expressions of those concepts in search logs from being rejected from consideration for a vocabulary simply on account of their as yet infrequent appearance. In a taxonomy or thesaurus, we can provide labels that will consolidate the indexing for a concept whose researchers have not yet settled on a name. In some cases, especially with widely used vocabularies, we can perhaps determine the name by which a concept will be known on a standard basis.
Read MoreMapping the Stars
Floating around the Milky Way galaxy is the most recent space observatory launched by the European Space Agency (ESA). Gaia will monitor each of its target stars about 70 times over a period of five years – all unmanned.
Read MorePlanning for Findability
Records management now and in the future will have to be a priority if we want to effectively manage and find our data. Many use SharePoint to achieve this goal. Migrating data for implementation can be a challenge, but from a content management point of view, metadata is the key. CMS Wire brought this news to our attention in their article, “Metadata Solves Your SharePoint Content Management Problems.”
Read MoreSemantic Learning App Launched
SemantiStar has launched Epsilon, the first semantically enabled eLearning application for iPad. This new product is designed to connect learners contextually with course material and real-world knowledge and events. This interesting news was brought to our attention by gnom.es in their article, “SemantiStar, Inc. Announces the Launch of Epsilon.”
Read MoreSemantic Technology and Big Data
Big Data Spain is an event about massive data processing applications and technologies that took place this November in Madrid. The event drove home the point that increasingly critical applications of big data in sectors such as banking and telecommunications and some new technological and business trends need systems that facilitate online analysis of large volumes of data. In addition, one of the key areas of big data application is the processing of social content to obtain all types of insights.
Read MoreThe Government Impact
Budget cuts, both domestic and governmental, manage to touch every part of our lives at one time or another. Yesterday, the United States government shut down all non-critical services due to the inability to settle on a budget. No real surprise there, as they haven’t been able to agree on anything since, well, ever. Interestingly, this article from earlier in the year in The New York Times, “As Works Flood In, Nation’s Library Treads Water“, lifts up challenges from the federal cuts for the current fiscal year.
Read MoreSemantic Technology is the New Black
ADmantX has announced that ADmantX semantic features are now live on Adform, whose customers will automatically be able to access the ADmantX rich set of semantic data to improve their campaign success. This interesting information was found on Technology-Digital in their article, “Adform and ADmantX Partner to Deliver Advanced Brand Safety and Contextual Targeting Within Adform’s DSP.”
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