Voulez aller à Paris?
Have you been thinking about a trip to France lately? Here is a good reason to go, as if you needed one. A workshop on semantic analysis in social networks will take place on in April 2012 in Avignon, France.
EBSCO Releases German Language Search Features
EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) has advanced its multilingual support by introducing two new German-Language search enhancements — an improved umlaut search and increased support for variants.
New Do It Yourself Search Engine
A new search engine plans to do battle with the giants, i.e. Google, Bing, Yahoo, etc. YaCy plans to put the search into the hands of users by giving out its indexing engine around the Internet for free.
DOD Takes On Huge Project Using the Semantic Web
The Department of Defense (DOD) is streamlining its millions of personnel and IT systems by standardizing data sharing through the use of the semantic Web. Welcome to the new decade.
Skeptics Worry About ICD-10 Affecting Cashflow
The ICD-10 coding classification transition is creating a variety of industry sentiment. Some consider it a potential train wreck and others think it may be the industry’s best shot at improving the claim processes.
ZooKeys Celebrates Growth
ZooKeys celebrates their 150th issue by reporting a 120% growth by year end. This open access journal has the benefit of easy distribution of information, which makes the data more relevant and popular.
Semantic Search Assists Recruiters in Their Work
CareerOne has released the SeeMore platform with the first cloud-based semantic search and analytics platform. This product enables the user to take the technology and apply it over all their databases.
Semantic Integration – Part I of VI
To discuss the semantic integration or the leveraging of a taxonomy in search, web sites mashups and other places, we should first review what they are. Let’s look at the definitions and then the integration of a taxonomy as a building block for the larger information architecture for an organization. We need to think of taxonomies in that bigger case when we are talking about where we apply them. Once those are out of the way I will review some use-cases and show what makes them work.
Healthcare Costs Faces Another Challenge
No one will argue that America’s out-of-control healthcare costs needs an anti-inflammatory. Many contend that consumer driven medicine is the wrong way to handle the problem.