Migrating with SharePoint
AvePoint has made available the DocAve File Share Navigator 3.0, which has enhanced performance and support for Microsoft SharePoint 2013.
Trekkie Taxonomy
You know my fascination with unique applications of taxonomies. What you don't know is how much of a sci-fi fan my husband is. So if I failed to report on this little gem, well, I might have to sleep on your couch for awhile. As the third story in a multi-part series on taxonomy and speciation, this look at the infamous tricorder and how it relates to taxonomies, is an interesting read.
Technology Leaders Recognized for Contribution
Coveo is the recipient of the Technology Services Industry Association (TSIA) TechFUTURES "Audience Favorite" Award for spring 2013. This honor was given for their discussion about the future of knowledge and content management on May 8 at the Technology Services World (TSW) 2013 Best Practices conference in Santa Clara.
Dynamic Search Results Sought
Algebraix Data Corporation has launched an automated implementation of Schema.org. Algebrize is a cost-effective, W3C compliant Software as a Service (SaaS). Website owners can realize increased traffic and conversion rates with semantic technology at work.
Robots Using Semantic Technology To Learn
The geniuses at the Personal Robotics Lab at Carnegie Mellon University are working to humanize the movements and behavior of a personal-assistant robot. They want their robot to learn to recognize objects all by itself, as "naturally" as humans. Semantic Web brought this news to our attention in their article, "New Robot Has Semantic Learning Capabilities."
Building Semantic Technology
This second robot-related story is right out of Star Trek and seems way too fictional to be true, but there are folks working on how to make an android that would look, talk, and respond like the character Dick from the 1982 novel, “We Can Build You.”
A Short History of Thesauri
We know of one Sanskrit thesaurus, the Amarakosha (Treasury or Dictionary of Amara), written by Buddhist scholar Amara Simha around 375 or 400 AD. Interestingly, it was written in verse. (The only other terminology in verse I can think of offhand is the one-L lama one by Ogden Nash, but I don’t think that bears comparison to the Amarakosha.)
When To Use Semantic Technology
This interesting use, or not, of semantic technology caught my attention. Sometimes the accuracy of semantic analysis is in question and the topic in this specific situation could create even more suspicion. The students and professors at Humboldt State University avoided that by reading each of the 150,000 geo-coded tweets to produce a map revealing geographic differences in hate speech regarding, homophobia, racism, and specially-challenged topics.
New Approach to Travel
Andrew Lacy, one of the co-founders of the mobile game Tapulous, has moved into a new market with ZapTravel, a semantic travel search engine. The premise is to take away the data entry approach and use a more texting approach, i.e., “I want to go to Paris.”