Melody Smith

About Melody Smith

Melody K. Smith has provided organizational, social media and digital communication services to a large non-profit for the past twenty years. Prior to that she championed employee engagement and communications in the healthcare field. She holds a Bachelors degree in Marketing. When not wrangling and writing TaxoDiary content for your reading pleasure, Melody writes fiction, rescues dogs and throws legendary dinner parties.

Knowledge Organization – How and Why?

By |August 31st, 2010|News, ontology, Taxonomy|1 Comment

A new book is coming that answers questions like - How do we organize objects so that they make sense and are useful and what role do categories, classifications, taxonomies, and other structures play in the process of organizing? TaxoDiary readers get a discount.

Granicus’ Recent Purchase Supports Governmental Transparency

By |August 31st, 2010|indexing, News|1 Comment

Granicus beefs up its powers in the governmental cloud with the purchase of a company that shares its vision of open government.

Semantic Technology in Healthcare

By |August 30th, 2010|News, ontology, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Semantic Technology in Healthcare

Ontologies are possibly the most significant benefit to ensuring accurate data integration, which fosters a better understanding of patient needs, thus resulting in better patient care and excellent patient outcomes.

Fall Conferences Address Taxonomy & Knowledge Management

By |August 30th, 2010|News, reference, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Fall Conferences Address Taxonomy & Knowledge Management

Joint conferences this fall in Washington D.C. offer networking and good learning opportunities.

Taxonomies — Here, There, Everywhere

By |August 30th, 2010|Featured, reference, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Taxonomies — Here, There, Everywhere

I went to one of my favorite bookstores the other day. I have been awaiting the release of E. E. Knight’s Winter Duty. Looking at the overhead signs for sections, I realized that this is the beginning of a taxonomy....My realization that the bookstore is using a taxonomy made me realize that taxonomies are merely a way of grouping information together in a way that is relevant to the user.

Patent Awarded for Audio Search

By |August 27th, 2010|indexing, News, search|Comments Off on Patent Awarded for Audio Search

Nexidia has received its 10th United States Patent Award for original research. This latest award adds to the company’s previous patents covering phonetic indexing and search technology.

Brix iPhone App Released

By |August 27th, 2010|News, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Brix iPhone App Released

The research and development side of XBRL US Labs has introduced the latest taxonomy services for business reporting.

SAS Product Named 2010 Trend Setting Product

By |August 26th, 2010|News, ontology, Taxonomy|Comments Off on SAS Product Named 2010 Trend Setting Product

SAS Text Analytics was named a Trend Setting Product for 2010 by KMWorld magazine. SAS’s product locates and retrieves relevant data and lets customers obtain insights from electronic text, improve search results and derive intelligence to determine their best course of action.