Posts by Melody Smith
NASA Is Going to the Clouds
NASA used cloud services to capture and store images and metadata collected by the Mars Exploration Rover. Using the clouds to capture data from space doesn’t seem that far of a reach, pun totally intended. This vote of confidence by NASA does give credibility to the security and reliability of cloud computing.
Read MoreOrganizing Data Semantically
Research and Markets has added John Wiley and Sons Ltd’s new book, “Semantic Web and Model-Driven Engineering” to their playlist. The book lifts up the relationship of semantic web and model-driven software development (MDSD).
Read MoreSemantic Technology To Give Insight
SAP AG has released a new solution that helps businesses and organizations gain insights into market trends and customer sentiment in real-time. The SAP Rapid-Deployment Solution for Sentiment Intelligence with SAP HANA loads text data from any Web Channel that has a publicly available API. Then the software uses semantic analysis decision-makers can visualize customers’ sentiments toward their products and brands in real time from data sources such as Twitter and Facebook.
Read MoreDifferent Views of Your Taxonomy
With the right software or programming, you can produce different views of your taxonomy or thesaurus. The more you can produce the better. Read more to learn more about the various possibilities.
Read MoreOnline Training Available to Prepare for ICD-10
The American Health Information Association (AHIMA) has provided new ICD-10-CM/PCS online coder training courses to help healthcare organizations prepare for the ICD-10 coding classification transition.
Read MoreNew Release from NISO Provides Common XML Format
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced the publication of a new American National Standard, JATS: Journal Article Tag Suite, ANSI/NISO Z39.96-2012.
Read MoreThe Growth of Technology
The folks at LearnStuff have prepared a fascinating infographic on the growth of technology (especially information technology) in education.
Read MoreWhere To Store All This Data?
An estimated 1.8 zettabytes of digital data was created and copied in 2011. This daunting figure is equivalent to over 200 billion two-hour long high-definition movies. And because 75% of this data is created by individuals, that would be equivalent to every person in the United States tweeting three tweets per minute, non-stop, for 26,976 years.
Read MoreInvesting in Taxonomies
We have written many times about the massive amount of data being created in this digital era. One additional problem in this chaotic whirlwind is the naming by random employees or users of the data. This inconsistent approach makes it difficult to locate and retrieve critical files once they are saved into the hodgepodge naming system.
Read MoreThe Importance of Metadata
In the world of metadata, versions are often confused for variations or even renditions. Versions apply to digital assets and their respective metadata. Without version control and history in digital asset management (DAM), errors during the editing process can turn into disasters. A version often involves a correction or an improvement by editing.
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