Posts by Melody Smith
Access Innovations Celebrates 35th Anniversary
Albuquerque-based Access Innovations, a leader in semantic enrichment, celebrates its 35th anniversary this month.
Officially incorporated on November 8, 1978, Access Innovations began like many other entrepreneurial enterprises — with a great idea, a few energetic people, and a little bit of capital. The company’s first headquarters was the kitchen of president and co-founder Marjorie M.K. Hlava’s home.
Read MoreLearning Opportunities with the Access Staff
Several of the Access Innovations’ staff are still out and about as they wind up 2013. Check out these learning opportunities that just might be in your own neighborhood.
Read MoreData Integration Specialists Needed
Ontology Systems has launched a partner program aimed at recruiting data integration specialists. Ontology specializes in semantic search technology, so the specialists they are seeking need to be experienced with this game-changing technology. This interesting information was found on Channel Pro in their article, “Ontology kicks off search for data integration specialists.”
Read MoreSemantic Web Challenge Winners
The winners of the 2013 Semantic Web Challenge (SWC) were determined by a jury of leading experts in computer semantics from both academia and industry. The winners were announced at the 12th International Semantic Web Conference held in Sydney, Australia last month. This interesting news came from CIOL in their article, “Winners of 2013 Semantic Web Challenge announced.”
Read MoreWorking Together
MetaVis Technologies has recently announced that Information Manager Enterprise User Edition now supports SharePoint 2013. This new development allows users to manage data directly from the SharePoint user interface. This interesting information was found on GeeksWorld.com in their article, “MetaVis Makes It Easier to Organize Content in SharePoint 2013.”
Read MoreFacing the Challenge of Big Data
Big data has become those scary words few organizations want to hear, let alone discuss. However, many information professionals would like the opportunity to take on this challenge. The negotiation between the top and middle management seems to hold much progress at a standstill. Most CIOs have trouble working with big data themselves and they have little, or nothing, to offer to business users. CMSWire brought this situation to our attention in their article, “Cloudera Unveils Big Data Search, No Special Training Required.”
Read MoreUsing Metadata in a New Role
Dataset creation and transformation is an important step in reporting clinical trial data. Unfortunately, it can also be a challenging process. The goal is to always look for ways to do the job more efficiently, to lower costs, and to increase productivity among our staff. Digital Journal brought this news our direction in their article, “Using…
Read MoreKeeping The Access
Concept Searching has entered into a partnership agreement with Enterprise Knowledge bring together Concept Searching’s technology expertise in semantic metadata generation, auto-classification, and taxonomy management, and Enterprise Knowledge’s experience providing strategic taxonomy design solutions that assist both commercial and federal organizations capture, manage, and maximize the value of content assets.
Read MoreRemembering the Value of Space
A dynamic document management program can reduce costs, improve findability, and make work flow seamless. Document management systems continue to evolve, and what was once seen as a luxury is now considered a requirement.
Read MoreLists Large and Small: Let Me Count the Ways
We taxonomists love lists. For us, they are raw materials, the stuff we love to get our hands on to start organizing. I recently came across a couple of lists with crossover appeal and relevance beyond simple conceptual organization. Both address why we do this stuff and how we help turn information into actionable knowledge.
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