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Access Innovations at 2021 DCMI
The theme of 2021 Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) Virtual is Metadata Innovation. This year’s event will include virtual, invited and moderated sessions including keynotes, best practice sessions, expert panel discussions, invited talks, tutorials, and student and member forums. It is scheduled from October 4-15, 2021. Access Innovatons’ president, Marjorie Hlava, will be part of panel…
Read MoreIndexing Electronic Medical Records Using a Taxonomy
Taxonomies provide hierarchical categorization and classification of not only content, but also products and brands represented in online directories and product catalogs. A controlled vocabulary is a way to insert an interpretive layer of semantics between the terms entered by the user and the underlying database to better represent the original intention of the user’s terms. The…
Read MoreAccess Innovations at the AI-SDV 2021 Conference, Virtually
AI-SDV 2021 Conference and exhibition will be held virtually from Nice, France on October 4-5, 2021. A range of digital formats were developed to enable individuals and exhibitors from AI industry and related sectors worldwide to participate. Jay Ven Eman, CEO, Access Innovations, will be speaking on October 4 on the subject of Synonym and…
Read MoreData Harmony Users Group East (DHUGE) Virtually on October 13-15, 2021
Have you registered for Access Innovations’ fall 2021 user group meeting? It’s not too late. Registration for the meeting is open until October 12, 2021. The Data Harmony Users Group East (DHUGE) will launch with a networking reception Wednesday, October 13. Two sessions of two hours each (four hours total) are scheduled Thursday, October 14, with…
Read MoreSupporting Your Search with Taxonomies
Enterprise search can retrieve data, both structured and unstructured, within a company. It is beneficial because it enables users to easily access organized information. An organization’s data architecture should be able to offer a method to share and reuse existing data. It should also suppress data duplication for efficient data management and high data quality. This…
Read MoreAddressing Bias in Technology
Bias in technology exists. No one is arguing that. However, there are steps to take to minimize that and it starts with understanding how technology works. Slate recently reported on this topic in their article, “Facebook Apologizes After its AI Mislabels Video of Black Men as “Primates”’. Facebook has disabled its topic recommendations after the artificial…
Read MoreBarry Bealer Joins Access Innovations as Chief Revenue Officer
Access Innovations, Inc., provider of the Data Harmony software suite, is proud to announce that Barry Bealer has joined the executive team of Access Innovations as Chief Revenue Officer. He brings more than 30 years of software sales, account management, and marketing experience to the company. Barry is a well-respected entrepreneurial leader who has held…
Read MoreData Driven Organizations Benefit from Automated Metadata Enrichment
As the number of data sources and the amount of data in enterprises continue to grow, automating metadata management, data management and data governance tasks has become a necessity. No longer is it just a way to stay ahead of the competition. An effective tool to support data governance strategies at scale and with a…
Read MoreExplain Yourself
The field of artificial intelligence (AI) is a technology that is transforming every walk of life. It is a wide-ranging tool that enables people to rethink how we integrate information, analyze data and use the insights learned to improve decision making. What AI can’t do, at least on its own, is explain the thought processes…
Read MorePowering Search
Semantic search seeks to improve search accuracy by understanding searcher intent and the contextual meaning of terms as they appear in the searchable dataspace. This is true in a closed system or on the Internet. It is providing context to a search query beyond just keywords. The possibilities and limitations of semantic search grow as more and…
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