Posts by Melody Smith
The Wonderful World of Search
Search is such a wonderful and widely debated issue. To me there are three main kinds of search and each is accomplished in different ways.
Assume that we have an article indexed with the terms appropriate to the content of that article. These terms are specific to the content, the terms applied are not broad categories unless the article itself is broad. we put limits in the rule base on broad terms so they do not get over productive in search results.
Read MoreAnticipating the Future
In a world that is moving so fast technology-wise, it is impossible to predict what will be needed or used in a decade, score, or even a year. People and organizations employ new technologies in creative and unanticipated ways. Unexpected developments often give new technologies their greatest value.
Read MoreSemantic Approaches to Cloud Management
fluid Operations showcased their latest semantic approach to cloud infrastructure management, eCloudManager, at the SemTechBiz 2013 in San Francisco this week.
Read MoreSharePoint Integration Can Enhance Usability
TEMIS has launched an integration of the company’s Content Enrichment Platform into SharePoint 2013, This will provide the ability to automatically extract relevant topics, entities, facts, sentiments, or categories from documents and generate rich metadata.
Read MoreNew Sentiment Analysis
The concept of “sentiment analysis” is a new focus of text processing companies. One integrative approach by Bitext was recently lifted up as an integrative approach in making sentiment analysis available without the annoying and sometime challenging implementation costs.
Read MoreAccess Innovations Teams with Public Library of Science (PLOS) to Enhance Depth and Breadth of Information Retrieval
Albuquerque, NM — Access Innovations, a leading firm in information retrieval, has teamed with the Public Library of Science (PLOS), a non-profit multi-disciplinary publisher and advocacy organization, to create a customized thesaurus to enhance search retrieval. The new, NISO Z39.19-compliant thesaurus includes more than 10,000 terms and 3,300 synonyms, which will enhance search retrieval tenfold.…
Read MoreInternet Trends Reveal Some Surprises
For the second year in a row, Mary Meeker from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, has unveiled her now famed Internet Trends report.
Read MoreThe Value of Data
The value of data on the web has always been valuable. From blogs to websites to social media, data has enabled companies to make money. Who we are, what we like, what we buy and what we want to buy, are all valuable information (or data). Unfortunately, things are changing now.
Read MoreLessons Abound
As health care providers are going through the process of preparing for the ICD-10 coding classification transition, it is a good opportunity to evaluate other areas related to the process. One practical way to prepare for the ICD-10 transition is to look at areas in which you can improve how you document your clinical services. This will also provide a learning opportunity for staff.
Read MoreConference Addresses Metadata and Images
Want to go to Spain? Need a good reason to go to Spain? The 7th Information Technology for News (IPTC) Photo Metadata Conference will be held in Barcelona on June 13th in conjunction with the annual Congress of the European Picture Agency Association (CEPIC).
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