Trust the Science

More and more over the past year we continue to hear “trust in science” when it comes to social distancing recommendations and safety protocols in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. There are way too many cynics when it comes to trusting the professionals, and then they pulled it into the political arena which only made…

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Using Semantics

Machine learning is a method of data analysis that automates analytical model building. It is a branch of artificial intelligence (AI) based on the idea that systems can learn from data, identify patterns and make decisions like humans, but with minimal human intervention. The problem with likening machine learning to human learning is that when humans learn, they…

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Data Security in a Digital World

Data integrity is the overall accuracy, completeness and consistency of data. The term also refers to the safety of data in regards to regulatory compliance and security. It is maintained by a collection of processes, rules, and standards implemented during the design phase. When the integrity of data is secure, the information stored in a database will remain…

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Automated Indexing Case Study by Access Innovations

Using a rules based approach to insure fast flexibility, Margie Hlava from Access Innovations will outline several case studies in the application of semantic enrichment and metadata suggestions. This is a part of ISKO’s Knowledge Organization Education (KO-ED) Theoretical Perspectives on Thursday, February 18th at 6:30pm via Zoom. Don’t wait, register today for this free event. Margie…

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Controlled Vocabularies and Taxonomies

When we talk, we speak in natural language. This language is raw, rich, sometimes messy, but real. When we organize our information and label it however, there is so much richness, variance, and confusion in terminology that we often need to impose some order to facilitate agreement between the concepts within the site and the…

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Debris or Not Debris

The keynote speaker for the final day of the Data Harmony Users Group (DHUG) 2021 annual gathering was Dr. Moriba Jah, Astrodynamicist, Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at The University of Texas at Austin and holder of the Mrs. Pearlie Dashiell Henderson Centennial Fellowship in Engineering. This is Dr. Jah’s second time speaking to…

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Networking, Collaborating and Learning

The first day of the Data Harmony Users Group (DHUG) ended with several case studies providing insight and inspiration for the variety of uses of a custom taxonomy developed by Access Innovations. One of those was Kristen Monahan from the Public Library of Science (PLOS) who shared how they use their taxonomy to drill down into…

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Data Harmony Users Group Takes Off – Virtually

Tuesday, the Data Harmony Users Group (DHUG) 2021 annual gathering started with Marjorie M. K. Hlava, President, Chair of the Board, and Chief Scientist at Access Innovations, Inc. giving an update on happenings at Access Innovations since the 2020 DHUG. Like most other organizations, life changed on March 12, 2020. All staff went to remote…

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Seek Professionals in your Technology Development

Emerging technologies is no longer a new term. Though the term appears to be self-explanatory, there are many lists being created and shared that are selecting the technologies that should be getting attention by businesses. To keep up with the rapid innovation and disruption happening across all industries and stay ahead of their competition, CIOs…

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