Melody Smith

About Melody Smith

Melody K. Smith has provided organizational, social media and digital communication services to a large non-profit for the past twenty years. Prior to that she championed employee engagement and communications in the healthcare field. She holds a Bachelors degree in Marketing. When not wrangling and writing TaxoDiary content for your reading pleasure, Melody writes fiction, rescues dogs and throws legendary dinner parties.

European Project Opens Code

By |October 11th, 2013|News, semantic|Comments Off on European Project Opens Code

The EU's "digital.me" project is a multiple-partner project to develop a system for user-controlled social networks and services that can serve as a central hub for managing a user's various digital identities. This big news is they have now released the source code from its software development work as an open-source project.

Data Harmony Users Group Meeting – “Then and Now: Addressing the Changing Needs of Content Development”

By |October 10th, 2013|Access Insights, News|Comments Off on Data Harmony Users Group Meeting – “Then and Now: Addressing the Changing Needs of Content Development”

Monday, February 10, is a full-day overview of the Data Harmony software suite. Attendees will learn how, why, and when taxonomies are used; how to start and maintain a taxonomy; and about resources available for taxonomy development. This information will provide a solid foundation for deeper understanding of the core meeting sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Working Together to Further Semantic Technology

By |October 9th, 2013|News, semantic|Comments Off on Working Together to Further Semantic Technology

A new strategic partnership has come to light between Cherry Olive and Ontology Systems. This joint effort between a unified data management specialist and a semantic search company has potential to smooth the process of integration and deployment of products. This interesting news was shared in their press release titled, “Cherry Olive, Ontology Systems sign strategic partnership to assist companies to control big data.” Ontology 4 was recently launched and it replaces the traditional data integration.

Coming to Terms with Taxonomy Tools

By |October 8th, 2013|News, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Coming to Terms with Taxonomy Tools

Your indexing platform is losing its range You’re thinking it’s time for a serious change You’ve scoured the web, and still you’re left wanting Just sorting through features and hype can be daunting

Bottom Up or Top Down?

By |October 7th, 2013|Access Insights, Featured|Comments Off on Bottom Up or Top Down?

Bottom up and top down are two opposite (but completely compatible) approaches to developing hierarchical structure. The controlled vocabulary standard ANSI/NISO Z39.19 explains the two approaches as follows:

For The Music Nerds

By |October 7th, 2013|News, Taxonomy|Comments Off on For The Music Nerds

I have found another taxonomy of a not-so-usual subject - band names. This beautifully designed infographic tracks band names in a variety of well-organized categories. The charts track which locations are most frequently cited in band names point heavily toward a bias in the direction of the Eastern half of the United States and aside from a short list of two, Australia is largely neglected.

Information Science Master Gone

By |October 3rd, 2013|Access Insights, News|Comments Off on Information Science Master Gone

This sad news was brought to our attention today and though we learned of it later than most, we couldn't let it go by without mentioning. Frederick Wilfrid Lancaster, 79, of Urbana, passed away on Sunday, August 25, 2013 in his home.

Choosing the Right Partner

By |October 2nd, 2013|News, search, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Choosing the Right Partner

Infolinx System Solutions was chosen by the District of Columbia Department of Human Resources (DCHR) for their enterprise physical records management software. This recently completed the installation is an upgrade to manage approximately 35,000 active employee records.