Access Innovations at KM World Connect 2020/ Taxonomy Boot Camp

By admin | October 16, 2020

KMWorld Connect 2020 is going virtual on November 16, 2020 – November 20, 2020. The theme of this year’s event is Knowledge Flows: Transformation, Technology & Tools. KMWorld Connect and its co-located events Taxonomy Boot Camp, Enterprise Search & Discovery and Text Analytics Forum showcase organizations who have creative digital solutions for their future, are allowing experimental and risk…

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Artificial Intelligence in Today’s Information Science

By admin | October 15, 2020

Marjorie M.K. Hlava and Heather Kotula, both of Access Innovations Inc., recently sat down for a conversation with Jill O’Neill, Director of Content, National Information Standards Organization (NISO). Their conversation hearkened back to a talk given at the 2016 National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) Annual Conference. Margie and Heather offered updates on where…

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Ontologies Provide Consistency

By Melody Smith | October 12, 2020

The idea of an ontology is that it represents complex relationships among the objects or concepts themselves. So the intent of an ontology is to provide a way to connect objects. Ontologies on the semantic web are, by nature, decentralized. From the body of ontology mapping approaches, one could draw a conclusion that an effective approach to automate ontology…

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Frankfurt Book Fair is Digital

By admin | October 7, 2020

2020 has changed many things, including the traditional Frankfurt Book Fair. It has gone digital and Access Innovations will be there. Due to the pandemic, there won’t be any exhibits in the halls, but there will be loads of new digital offerings, along with a comprehensive live program, around 80 events as part of BOOKFEST…

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Access Innovations at ConTech 2020

By Melody Smith | October 7, 2020

ConTech Week is scheduled for November 16-19, 2020 with daily virtual content addressing digital evolution. Four afternoons of keynotes, thought leadership and case studies combined with networking with your peers from around the world. Dr. Jay Ven Eman, from Access Innovations, will be speaking at ConTech 2020 about Successful AI Deployments in Content Enrichment on November 18,…

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The Value of Taxonomies

By admin | October 5, 2020

What is the true value of a custom taxonomy? Findability, consistency, discoverability, standardization? All of the above? The most common use case for a taxonomy is findability. In short, making it fast, simple, and intuitive for an end user to find what they’re looking for–either through search, browse or any combination thereof. Taxonomy plays a…

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Being Open

By admin | September 28, 2020

The optimal search experience is faceted and could also involve open source. Faceted search is found in intranets and enterprise search applications, as well as other content-heavy sites. However, this takes a budget with enough power to sustain search applications to take you the whole journey. Is open source another worthy option to consider? A…

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How IoT is Changing Research

By admin | September 14, 2020

The emerging Internet of Things (IoT) is a virtually connected network of physical devices. There is an ever growing interest and wide adoption of IoT. Emerging technologies are unleashing the true potential of designing a broad range of high-quality consumer applications. Smart cities, smart buildings, and e-health are among various application domains which are currently benefiting and will…

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Predictive Science in Application

By admin | September 7, 2020

Predictive modeling and predictive analytics are terms used, often interchangeably, in big data.  Predictive modeling uses regression models and statistics to predict the probability of outcomes and it can be applied to any unknown event. Predictive modeling is often used in the field of machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI). The model is chosen using detection theory to…

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