Posts by Melody Smith
Semantic Technology Improves Matching Process
Employers are always searching for a network of talent to match to open positions. TalentCircles offers semantic technology that can identify and sort matching members with a percentage match for any job opening.
Read MoreHave Metadata, Will Time Travel
Metadata continues to get a bad rap for its participation in the NSA situation and other covert operations. We continue to try and lift up the benefits of metadata here, specifically how it acts as breadcrumbs to find your data fast and completely, when indexed against a strong, standards-based taxonomy. And we will continue to do so.
Read MoreEquivalence Relationships
Terms in an equivalence relationship refer to the same concept (or sometimes a roughly equivalent concept). They are usually synonyms. As has already been discussed, there should be only one “indexing term” or preferred term in your thesaurus for any given concept. You can and should include synonyms of those preferred terms in your thesaurus as synonyms. And the way to do that is with equivalence relationships. The synonyms that aren’t “preferred terms” are “non-preferred terms” in the same term record. Your taxonomy software instructions will indicate how to add non-preferred terms to term records; this action will establish an equivalence relationship between the preferred term and each non-preferred term.
Read MoreMetadata in Context
I have a difficult time not picking up an old book when I find one. I like to look at the yellowed pages, smell the dustiness that has accumulated over many years, and admire the worn binding and dog-eared pages. Those dog-eared pages are like a rabbit hole for me as I can’t resist the urge to look at the content someone felt important enough to mark for future reference. Reference books like thesauri and dictionaries are my Achilles heel. So this blog post definitely caught my attention and I think you will find it interesting as well.
Read MoreInvesting in your Employees
Intranets aren’t usually on the priority list for most organizations. It is difficult for managers to see a distinct ROI on the time spent to update or even create an intranet. We know this isn’t true if you are invested in empowering and engaging your employees. An informed, empowered employee is your best sales person and the ROI is high.
Read MoreMachine Assisted Indexing Maximizes Potential
Healthcare professionals are working hard to prepare for the transition to the ICD-10 coding classification system. The deadline of October 2014 is coming faster and faster. Industry professionals have advice on how to make the next year and half as productive as possible. Becker’s ASC Review brought this topic to our attention in their article, “7 Ways to Make the ICD-10 Switch Less Painful.”
Read MoreGoogle Releases New Algorithm
It is a bird, it is a plane, no wait, it is a bird. A hummingbird to be exact. Google has released a new search algorithm designed to be more precise and provide faster query results, the algorithm is based on semantic search, focusing on user intent versus individual search terms.
Read MoreKMWorld Award Goes to Mindbreeze
Mindbreeze has received the much sought after KMWorld Award for their semantic search product, Mindbreeze InSite, for the sixth time.
Read MoreScope Notes and Editorial Notes in Taxonomies and Thesauri
Scope notes are another way to put a restriction on meaning. Scope notes are what you want to share with the world; editorial notes are what we will share with the team. A scope note might delineate the meaning itself. It might tell you the range of topics covered by the term; it might be instructions for use. We keep the term history in a separate field and we also keep the source in a separate field. Some thesauri will put all of that together in the Scope Notes field. Sometimes the Scope Notes need to be reciprocal. If they refer to another term, you need to post it in both places so that people can get to it.
Read MoreAccess Integrity Announces Debut of HCPCS Tagger Technology
The patented, rule-based application searches and analyzes the text in providers’ notes in electronic medical records to suggest highly relevant Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes for human review. Access Integrity CEO John Kuranz says the new technology will revolutionize the medical coding and billing industries.
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