Posts by Melody Smith
Semantic Search Increases Findability
EasyAsk and DollarDays International approached the new school year with a semantic approach. DollarDays have doubled their number of products and increased traffic and memberships to their website. How did they do it? They attribute much of it to the strong and comprehensive semantic search feature found on their website.
Read MoreThe Government’s Role in the Web
Web content management may very well be in the hands of the government. That may concern you, but the new digital government strategy laid out by the Obama administration reads, “New expectations require the federal government to be ready to deliver and receive digital information and services anytime, anywhere and on any device.”
Read MoreCountdown to Transition Creates Anxiety
The continued angst around ICD-10 coding classification transition surfaced in the monthly blog series, “ICD-10 in Real Time.” The many changes in healthcare happening at almost the same time is creating a very unique, one of a kind, perfect storm in the lives of healthcare providers.
Read MoreSocial Media for Security
Social media has proved its worth, yet again. Twitter, Facebook and other popular sites are 24-hour sources of data that require an automated tool for deciding what’s important and what is not. What is important in the realm of law enforcement is the pitch at trade conferences and in publications for those in the “biz.”
Read MoreFindability Sought with Indexing
Actuate has released their document indexing, storage, and multi-channel delivery system, Xenos Repository. Content has changed. It has become comprehensive and varied right along with the technology that created it. Actuate Xenos Group technology seeks to address that complexity with business intelligence driven solutions.
Read MoreThe Web’s Impact on Genealogy
The Internet gets a bad rap sometimes. We blame it for the child predators, the identity thefts, and ease of access to pornography. But this isn’t really fair. For those who are passionate about geneology, the Internet has changed their world.
Read MoreSemantic Technology’s Journey
Discussions around the Semantic Web are always interesting and intense. Progress on this evolving technology happens each and every day. So understanding what semantic technologies are, and how they can help you, really changes with each advance. Semantic Web data can be represented using a technology standard called Resource Description Framework (RDF). RDF is a…
Read MoreTaxonomies, Databases, and the Internet
The Internet has allowed us a lot of website builders and a lot of contributors. Basically, they are all equal as far as opportunity to participate is concerned. Largely because of this openness to website builders and contributors, the Internet is growing rapidly. It has become too big for people to find what they want reliably, so it needs us. It needs knowledge management.
Read MoreSurvey Held Regarding ICD-10 Preparation
A recent survey revealed 96% of respondents are concerned about the impact of the ICD-10 coding classification transition. Seventy-three percent anticipate an impact on their practice, either financially or operationally, from the transition. The Nuesoft Technologies survey revealed that healthcare professionals are preparing themselves for what many perceive to be a less than smooth transition, come October 2014.
Read MoreOxford Goes Digital
Oxford University Press has launched a digital version of the oxford Handbooks Online and Oxford Reference in a new resource called Oxford Scholarly Editions Online. This new initiative launches with 171 editions of works written by authors primarily active between 1485 and 1660, the original texts of about 12,000 works, which include 200 plays, some 7000 poems, and over 5000 letters. Famous works by Shakespeare are also included in this new online resource.
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