Posts by Melody Smith
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.)
Read MoreWhen 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.
Read MoreNew 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.”
Read MoreThe Key to Being Prepared
With the preparations amplifying for the ICD-10 coding classification transition, the demand for trained medical coders is expected to increase. It is reported that many current medical coders are planning on retirement before the switch, leaving an even lesser amount to be trained.
Read MoreRecycling 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.
Read MoreOntology Systems Identified as Finalist
Ontology Systems is a finalist in the Big Data and Analytics category for the Pipeline COMENT Innovation Awards 2013.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreImproving Access
Trying to improve public access to government documents, the Justice Department is now using metadata in its effort to adhere to the Freedom of Information Act. Citizens will now be able to find information with a simple search on sites like www.foia.gov.
Read MoreTriumph 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.
Read MoreThe Strength of Metadata
Organizations are facing the constant challenge of handling big data by looking beyond storage. They are seeking to understand how to analyze large data sets to consider the tags or labels that give the data context over time.
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