Posts by Melody Smith
Google Is Constantly Evolving Search
Google has made searching better yet again. Apparently, with their all new Realtime search, the searches will come to you live after just one entry. You can search for one subject and see real time updates roll in to your browser.
Read MoreArchiveConnect Gets Remodeled
Group Logic has released a new version of ArchiveConnect, its File System Archiving (FSA) solution for Mac desktops.
Read MoreLinked Data, DOI, RDF, and Dublin Core
On a quest to reach the holy grail of the Semantic Web.
What started as a straightforward and elegant model by Eric Miller as the Resource Description Framework (RDF) has become incredibly complicated. When I first came upon this model, in the early days of the Dublin Core standard discussions, it was a framework. That is, it was a self describing way to transmit an XML file. The RDF formed a wrapper around the XML by including the XML Schema (DTD) so that whoever received the file would know what the elements, attributes, allowed ranges, etc. were, and be able to use the data included without further hunting for file descriptions, translations of the fields (elements), how they related, etc. RDF has grown up and become embroiled in discussions of triples, Subject-Object-Predicate discussions, and its use as the basis for linked data and even the basis for the final real implementation of the Semantic Web.
Read MoreHave You Heard About E-LIS?
Students and professionals in library and information science should know about E-LIS: Eprints in Library and Information Science. It is a discipline-specific, open-access repository containing thousands of scholarly articles on library and information science.
Read MoreSeminar Asking Tough Questions About OpenURL and Standards
An upcoming webinar that might be of interest to our readers is the “It’s Only as Good as the Metadata: Improving OpenURL and Knowledgebase Quality” on October 13, 2010.
Read MoreAnother University Selects EBSCO
EBSCO has announced that the University of Liverpool has selected EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) as its discovery solution. This comes just following the announcement that Indiana University had also joined their client list.
Read MoreFood Safety News Being Indexed For New Website
Food Safety News Today, an online news monitoring service covering food safety, FDA, food poisoning and food processors, among many other key areas, was recently launched by EIN News.
Read MoreeFileCabinet Releases Version 5.0
eFileCabinet Version 5.0 contains in-demand features including document-level indexing, full-text search, document retention, document tracking, and workflow.
Read MoreTime to Clean Up Technology Taxonomies?
Technology Taxonomy sectors have changed and evolved and many are saying that the taxonomies have not kept pace.
Read MoreWebinar Looks at Applying CMS and Semantic Enrichment to Publishing
“It’s Not Rocket Science! Applying CMS and Semantic Enrichment to Transform Book Publishing” is scheduled for September 29, 2010 – 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. EST.
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