Posts by Melody Smith
Trendy Ontology
With the term “ontology” being heard more often in data management forums and discussions, it is no surprise to see it as the topic of Malcolm Chisholm’s latest post on Expert Channel. Despite the frequency of the term’s use, it is not easy to find out precisely what it means and what significance it might have for the data management community. Is it just a buzzword for marketing purposes or is it real?
Read MoreBook Review: Foundations of Semantic Web Technologies
iProgrammer reviews the book Foundations of Semantic Web Technologies by Pascal Hitzler, Markus Krötzsch & Sebastian Rudolph. The reviewer points out that the book is an academic book and though very approachable, will deliver what you would expect from an academic book.
Read MoreBusiness Intelligence Technology
Hadoop began as a tool for indexing Web pages, now the open source framework is being marketed as a tool that could house and analyze vast amounts of data with the kind of proportions that would quickly overwhelm traditional database systems and data warehouses.
Read MorePublishers Adapting to a Faster Audience
Things have been changing in the global publishing industry. Some are obvious, but many of the underlying trends are more subtle and relate to the changing audience and their behaviors, i.e. usage patterns. This is referred to as “Audience 2.0.” Publishers are looking for ways to react to the current changes in the media industry and position themselves as long-term survivors and leaders.
Read MoreThree New Search Applications From NextBio
Knowledge locked within public and proprietary data will now be easier to share thanks to a new platform called Elsevier SciVerse. NextBio, the provider, has touted this as an innovative new platform that integrates Elsevier’s key products and encourages those in the scientific community to share and collaborate on the development search and discovery applications.
Read MorePreventing Duplication of Content
Identifying on-site content duplication when you have thousands of pages on your site is not a walk in the park. It isn’t just copy you need to be concerned with, title elements and metatagging should be considered as well.
Read MoreInformation Overload – Too Much Of A Good Thing?
Everyone has seen the commercial on television. Someone asks a simple question, and then everyone in the crowd starts spewing forth all these facts that have been found via the Internet. This makes for some very clever and funny advertising, but let’s face it. Information overload is a real problem.
Read MoreNeed High Rankings? Watch Your Use of Keywords
Meta tags have been around since the beginning of this thing we call the Internet. We all know how it works, write an article promoting a business, product, etc. and if the just right amount of keywords are sprinkled throughout, kaboom your page has a high ranking. The higher the better, but there is a fine line.
Read MoreClassified Homeland Security: Transforming Data into Information
October 11, 2010 – You’ve just read the title and already there is trouble. “Classified” has multiple uses. What is meant here? When discussing homeland security, one might conclude that the security level of documents is under discussion. Assigning security levels to documents provides security classifications. Organizing a plant or an animal into a unique…
Read MoreStudents Benefit from Integrity
Integrity Consulting has partnered with the University of Maryland’s QUEST program. Together with QUEST, Integrity is building a social media platform that will provide a community of collaboration and communication for Emergency Management and Homeland Security professionals.
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