Ontologies and Semantic Technology
Webnodes has released a new version of their .Net semantic content management system. This latest release features semantic e-commerce, several new mobile features, and support for ASP.Net MVC.
Crowdsourcing Research
One recent report has identified some modern challenges facing physical science researchers. The report was commissioned by the Research Information Network (RIN), the Institute of Physics (IOP), IOP Publishing (IOPP), and the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS).
Natural Language Processing Only Goes So Far
The sirens call of natural language processing has been issued again. In this study, the researchers compared the use for free text searches to administrative codes to see which would give better indication of safety based on 20 indicators. The authors rightly suggest that instead of relying only on the notoriously poor check boxes used with discharge orders that the hand written notes form the discharge nurse or physician might be much more instructive.
Searching History
History buffs will surely be happy about this latest news. A searchable, full historical archive of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (PTRS) is now available online at no charge. You too can view a PDF copy of Newton’s first letter to PTRS (on color theory), as well as Franklin’s description of the kite-in-lightening-storm experiment.
Accessing Large Amounts of Data
HP and Alcatel-Lucent have worked together to develop a solution to help organizations address large amounts of data. By integrating data center infrastructure technology and high-performance communications, moving, storing and accessing this data has become much more manageable.
New Upgrade to be Standards Compliant
SequelMed, Inc. has released an upgrade to compliance with ANSI 5010 for its EMR, EHR and Practice Management software products. This update will enable […]
Remember Google+?
The latest player in the social media arena, Google + has had a dismal start and experienced non-existent growth. There seems to be some pseudo-taxonomy of social media that labels various sites for various purposes, i.e. Facebook is for pictures of kids, Twitter is for news, and LinkedIn for recruitment. I don’t think I agree with that totally and to be completely honest, I’ve not given Google+ a try. However, the ability to segment your followers and therefore, your conversations is a feature that seems like it would have a following.
Social Reading
In this day and age of social media infiltrating every area of our lives, for good or bad, there is one area that has resisted this trend (at least up until now) – books. Perhaps the last refuge from social media, many go to find shelter from the friending and tweeting in their comforting pages and worn binding. Unfortunately, this once solitary refuge is looking to join the social realm as companies like Copia and BookGlutton look to jump on board.
Discovery Services Aid the Professionals
Connecting users with the information they seek is one of the central pillars of the very honorable librarian profession. The web-scale discovery services for libraries provide quick searching seamlessly across various components of indexed content.