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Taxonomies are Forever
As a middle child, I was the rule follower and self-imposed referee to ensure everyone else followed the rules. This wasn’t always easy. However, if I had had the benefit of a taxonomy of childhood/household rules, maybe it would have been easier? This interesting topic came to us from KMWorld in their article, “Why Taxonomy Rules…
Read MoreCan AI Help with the Pandemic?
Executives from major technical giants Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Apple and Facebook have been meeting to discuss their role in the coronavirus crisis. One of the many topics was their role in modeling and tracking data. Artificial intelligence (AI) and big data were a key part of China’s response to the virus. Why should that be any…
Read MoreGoverning all the Data
While we are consistently creating data and analyzing it to use in our businesses, we often forget to reflect on the value of the data that is being collected. Businesses are aware of the data quality issues throughout their organizations, but many face the challenge of how to tackle it, unaware of simple steps that can be…
Read MoreAccess Innovations, Inc. named to the KMWorld AI 50: The Companies Empowering Intelligent Knowledge Management
Access Innovations, Inc., provider of Data Harmony software solutions, is proud to announce they have been named to the “KMWorld AI 50: The Companies Empowering Intelligent Knowledge Management” list. This is the inaugural year for the list from KMWorld. According to the KMWorld website, “To help shine a light on innovative knowledge management vendors that…
Read MoreHistory in Present Day
The United States celebrated its Independence Day – July 4th – this week. Some of the traditions – fireworks, parades, cookouts, music–took place in various public settings but most were or should have been a different type of gathering – one that recognized social distancing due to the pandemic. Normally the July celebration is a time…
Read MoreDHUGEast Meeting Canceled for 2020
Out of an abundance of caution and concern for our clients’ health and safety in this time of the pandemic, Access Innovations, Inc. has canceled an in-person DHUGEast meeting for 2020. We feel that the networking opportunities, spontaneous conversations and questions to the presenters are a large part of the value of DHUG meetings and…
Read MoreMeaningful Search
Semantic technology is a frequent topic of conversation in the information science world. Machine learning or semantic technology is the basis for most commercial artificial intelligence (AI) systems. But where does semantic search fit in? Semantic search seeks to improve search accuracy by understanding searcher intent and the contextual meaning of terms as they appear…
Read MorePersonal Data Under Attack
There is much discussion in the news about the safety of your personal data. Do you know how safe your data might be? Do you know all the locations that hold your data? Don’t worry, few people do. Protecting your personal data has never been more important. In a post-Cambridge Analytica world, the followup question is whether…
Read MoreBeyond Search
Semantic technology is a frequent topic of conversation in the information science world. Machine learning or semantic technology is the basis for most commercial artificial intelligence (AI) systems. But where does semantic search fit in? Semantic search seeks to improve search accuracy by understanding searcher intent and the contextual meaning of terms as they appear…
Read MoreSemantic Web and Ontologies
The semantic web, or web 3.0, is often quoted as the next phase of the Internet. The semantic web was envisioned as a highly interconnected network of data that could be easily accessed and understood by any desktop or handheld machine. The future was to be full of intelligent software agents that would head out on…
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