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Access Innovations, Inc. and the American Psychological Association announce the deployment of a New MAI System
Access Innovations, Inc., the provider of Data Harmony software solutions, is proud to announce the deployment of a new Machine Aided Indexing (M.A.I.®) system for the American Psychological Association (APA). The goal of this new system is to provide more consistent and efficient indexing of the content of the PsycINFO database, which currently comprises more…
Read MoreAccess Innovations Will Be In Oslo
The 19th European Networked Knowledge Organization Systems (NKOS) Workshop is scheduled for Thursday, September 12, 2019, to be held as part of the Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries (TPDL) 2019 in Oslo, Norway. The agenda is full of interesting, engaging topics and speakers. This includes Access Innovations’ own Marjorie Hlava whose workshop is KOS Mappings. Although…
Read MoreClassifying the Bards and the Bangles?
Taxonomies do not belong to one science or interest. They can be applied anywhere from a grocery store to plant anatomy to hip hop music? A music fan (err geek) decided to compare the vocabulary of the literary world’s giant, Shakespeare, to those of famous hip hop artists. Shakespeare’s vocabulary across his entire corpus is said…
Read MoreAccess Innovations Enhances Search on McGraw-Hill’s AccessEngineering
Access Innovations, Inc., provider of Data Harmony software solutions, is proud to announce a recently completed project with McGraw-Hill to create a series of robust taxonomies that will support the back end of AccessEngineering. These taxonomies will improve search functionality for those interested in AccessEngineering’s educational materials. During the course of the project, three taxonomies were…
Read MoreClass What?
How would you organize all the world’s information? The breadth and width of that content would take your breath away. Wouldn’t it be the same as Wikipedia? During the early part of its development, Wikidata used a hierarchical taxonomy to organize its data entries. The system was called GND—a German initialism, Gemeinsame Normdatei, which translates to “Integrated Authority…
Read MoreOrigin of Band Names
Have you ever wondered where musical groups like Pink Floyd or Foo Fighters got the inspiration for their band names? You aren’t alone. One aspect of the music world that has always interested me is the process of choosing a band name or moniker. Often when you ask musicians how they arrived at their choice,…
Read MoreKMWorld Chooses Access Innovations, Inc.’s Data Harmony Software as a 2019 Trend Setting Product
Access Innovations, Inc., provider of Data Harmony software solutions, is proud to announce their inclusion on the 2019 KMWorld list of Trend Setting Products. This is the seventh time Data Harmony has appeared on the list. “We’re excited to announce the KMWorld list of Trend-Setting Products of 2019,” remarked Thomas Hogan, Group Publisher at KMWorld.…
Read MoreThe Art of Data
Many people assume that data visualization is nothing more than graphs or charts. In reality, it is the presentation of data in a pictorial or graphical format. It enables decision makers to see analytics presented visually, so they can grasp difficult concepts or identify new patterns. It can also be art. One example is this TED presentation from…
Read MoreSweet Stuff
You know how much I like finding odd and unique taxonomies. I find it a little humorous and comforting to know that taxonomies exist in all parts of our lives, not just information science or biology. Today’s gem is for all those taxonomists who have a sweet tooth – or maybe I should say sour tooth? Sour candies, like many…
Read MoreJames Schumann Named Director of Corporate Relations for Access Innovations
Access Innovations, Inc., provider of Data Harmony software solutions, is proud to announce the promotion of James Schumann to Director of Corporate Relations. James has served previously as a taxonomist for Access Innovations. He holds an MBA with a concentration on Strategic Management from the Anderson School of Business at the University of New Mexico.…
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