Posts by Melody Smith
Leveraging Your Taxonomy – Part 5
This is the next piece in our series of blog posts on search and how it works This time we are talking about the importance of relevancy. Relevance is how well a set of returned documents answers the information need, another way of talking about accuracy. But, it’s related to the objective of the search so different user communities can get exactly the same answer from a set of information resources and one will find the set relevant and the other will not. So, there’s a really healthy tension between the user needs and the context available. That’s why a lot of relevance engines do a lot of profiling of the users so that, if I search Google for a particular question, I might get one answer and each of you will search it and get a different answer. That’s because your profile and the things that you’ve clicked on in the past will indicate to Google that your answers should be more in this sphere or more in that sphere. So, relevance is really a confidence factor or a guesstimate on how well this set of documents will answer this particular user’s query.
Read MoreICD-10 Deadline May Change
Health and Human Services plans to initiate a process to postpone the deadline date for the ICD-10 coding classification transition. This could have huge impacts on both the providers as well as technology companies.
Read MoreSocial Insight
LocalResponse is now offering an analytics and action platform for marketers. This new adventure will help marketers take advantage of consumer intent by mining mentions and location-enabled check-ins on various social media sites.
Read MoreSocial Media for Your Health
EmpowHER was recognized by OnMedia in the “20 to Watch” list. This social health company for women was lauded for their innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value, and media buzz.
Read MoreData Without Boundaries Project Launches
Metadata Technology is partnering with the Data Without Boundaries project where they will help design and implement a portal for the search and discovery of datasets held within national archives, statistical offices, and research centers across Europe.
Read MorePilot Program Offered for Semantic Project
Kyield has announced a new pilot program for its patented semantic enterprise platform. This particular artificial intelligence system provides a holistic architecture that extends advanced business intelligence and predictive analytics to all information workers in the organization.
Read MorePublishers Face Another Hurdle in the Digital World
The publishing industry is undergoing many changes as they enter the world of digital media. eBooks, online material and the paperless world has made a huge dent in their process and pocket books. With these changes, it has never been more important for good public relations and easily accessed reviews of their products, i.e. books, to be part of that digital media. So the move by Goodreads to no longer use Amazon’s book information for their readers, could have some massive impact on Amazon’s retail business.
Read MoreFinding Data Faster and Easier
KnowledgeTree has unveiled new tools for their Personal Cloud Edition of SaaS document management and workflow offering. These tools are designed to make business documents easier to find and share.
Read MoreSmarter Assistants Are Possible
Siri, IBM’s Watson and other such services are good examples of how smart personal assistants are increasingly listening and understanding what is being said. Computers are increasingly using natural language processing, semantic analysis, and machine learning, combined with data to understand humans, conjure up answers and recommendations or direct people to services and information.
Read MoreSocial Collaboration for Non-Profits
Several Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) opportunities are working to bring social collaboration to non and for-profit organizations. One example is Socialtext, who has recently launched a strategic partnership with NetDocuments. ClimateWorks Foundation uses the Socialtext application to enable its global network of non-profits to collaborate and share best practices. This social knowledge exchange is a different approach for the non-profit sector.
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