Recycling Treasures
Once again my search for the odd and illusive taxonomies have resulted in a treasure. "Taxonomy of trash" was brought to us by Philly.com and it didn't fail to entertain and intrigue me.
Ontology Systems Identified as Finalist
Ontology Systems is a finalist in the Big Data and Analytics category for the Pipeline COMENT Innovation Awards 2013.
The Power of Social Media
The Disaster 2.0 team recently hosted the second Masterclass at the Federation of Enterprises in Belgium to discuss the role of social media and web technologies in providing information during disasters. Disaster 2.0 is a two-year project exploring how EU governments currently and can potentially use web 2.0 applications and semantic technologies in disaster response.
Triumph Learning Partners with Access Innovations on Common Core Standards-Integrated Taxonomy
Triumph Learning LLC, a New York-based print and digital educational content company, has partnered with Access Innovations, Inc., a leader in taxonomy development, to create a new, state-of-the-art taxonomy designed to precisely align standards-based instructional content for all grades in the K– 12 education market.
Crowdsourcing Conference Scheduled
As the semantic web continues to develop and grow, it increases the potential to test and challenge the technical and human resources currently supporting it. So the idea of a conference focused specifically on crowdsourcing the semantic web, seems appropriate.
Taxonomy Adds Value to Content
If you have been a reader for anytime at all, you know by now that I find taxonomies of alternate topics very intriguing, and I wasn't disappointed by this latest find.
Are You Ready?
With the ICD-10 coding classification transition countdown seemingly going faster, how ready are providers for the implementation? A survey by Aloft Group, a Newburyport, Massachusetts healthcare branding and marketing firm, sheds some light on just that.