Posts by Melody Smith
Taxonomies and Standards
We’ve discussed what it takes to make the components of a digital information model work but one of the things that is most important, if you want it all to work together, is standards.
There are several controlled vocabulary standards, as well as networking protocols that have an impact on taxonomy implementation. There are also standards having to do with markup and with metadata and data modeling that impact thesauri.
Read MoreEBSCO Releases Humanities Source
EBSCO has released a new resource for the humanities field. Humanities Source was developed from a merger of high-quality databases from EBSCO Publishing and H.W. Wilson, and includes sources that were never previously available.
Read MoreThe Year of Change
In a few short weeks, we will be in 2013 and though the deadline was extended to October 2014, this impending year will be a busy one for healthcare providers. Getting the project to the milestones will be key to meeting the deadline with a the technology and training needed to make it successful. The American Medical Association (AMA) has provided a fact sheet to help practices establish timeframes for transition activities, breaking down the process into a series of manageable steps.
Read MoreSharePoint 2013 Presents New Features
With the SharePoint 2013 public beta released, WAND DataFacet Automatic Tagging Engine is on target to provide advanced tagging capabilities to SharePoint 2013.
Read MoreMark Your Calendars
The 2013 Special Libraries Association (SLA) Leadership Summit is scheduled for February 6-9, 2013 in Dallas, Texas. Plan today to join SLA unit leaders, the SLA Board of Directors and headquarters staff at this exciting event.
Read MoreTechnology and Social Media
The Internet has changed the way we communicate, connect, and do business. The new technologies stemming from the Internet continue to appear every day. One industry that has embraced that technology growth is the hospitality industry. With hotel e-commerce, the industry has forever changed.
Read MoreSearch Technology Can Reduce Cost
Splunk machine data search engine has released a new version that comes with a distributed indexing technology. This new release can save money for storage. Version 5 can also generate reports faster than its predecessor and that too can help the bottom line.
Read MoreThe Fear of Change
Many physicians are still not on board with the impending ICD-10 coding classification transition. There is fear around the moving deadline and worry about the added strain on their resources.
Read MoreAdopting and Adapting Existing Word Lists and Taxonomies
In traditional taxonomy construction, you approach the body of knowledge, head for your ivory tower with its closed room and decide on the general structure of the field or discipline. From that single point, or perhaps multiple points, of knowledge, you are going to design a completely new taxonomy … and every now and then that works.
Read MoreFree Semantic Search Workshop
If you are interested in learning more about semantic search and how it can improve your work, here is an opportunity for a free workshop to do just that. This workshop is brought to you in a joint effort by NKOS (Networked Knowledge Organization Systems) and CENDI, an interagency working group of senior scientific and technical information managers from 13 U.S. federal agencies.
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