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NKOS at DC-2017
DC-2017 in Washington D.C. is looking towards the changing role of metadata in the Second Machine Age. This year’s conference will focus on technologies and practices that are advancing how we can create and manage good metadata. Interoperability and openness have been guiding principles of the DCMI community for over twenty years, and these principles…
Read MoreData Harmony 3.12 is a 2017 KMWorld Trend-Setting Product
Access Innovations, Inc., a leader in digital data organization, is proud to announce its inclusion on KMWorld’s annual Trend-Setting Product list. Access Innovations, Inc. is featured for its sixth year, after debuting on the list in 2005. “Our 2017 KMWorld Trend-Setting Products result from innovation and imagination, as well as from evolution,” says Sandra Haimila,…
Read MoreASIDIC Revisited is Only Two Weeks Away!
The landmark ASIDIC Revisited meeting at the Hotel Parq Central in Albuquerque, New Mexico, September 24-25, is coming soon, and there are only a few spaces left. This is a reminder that registration closes on September 20. The final order of the program is still being determined, and confirmed speakers are listed in alphabetic order…
Read MoreThe Importance of Taxonomy To Master Data Management
More and more attention is being given to master data managment (MDM). This is the set of processes and tools that consistently defines and manages the non-transactional data entities of an organization. The benefits of the MDM paradigm increase as the number and diversity of organizational departments, worker roles and computing applications expand. For this reason,…
Read MoreAI Today, and Tomorrow
We live in an intelligent era, at least when it comes to technology. Our watches tell us not only the time, but they also bring us our email and remind us to exercise. Our phones recommend the best places to dine and map the best routes to our destination, and our computers predict our shopping preferences,…
Read MoreThe Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Improves Semantic Enrichment of Digital Assets
In light of the new functionality that has been added to Access Innovations’ Machine Aided Indexer (M.A.I.®) software, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) took the opportunity to work with Access Innovations to update and refresh the machine aided indexing rule base for their taxonomy that was originally implemented 10 years ago. In…
Read MoreThe Need for Data Classification
Most data retained by organizations is not identified or classified. This can be costly for storage, as well as being potentially non-compliant. Data classification is the process of organizing data into categories for its most effective and efficient use. A well-planned data classification system makes essential data easy to find and retrieve. Written procedures and guidelines for data…
Read MoreInside Data Breaches
Data breaches spiked by 86 percent in 2016 with over 1.4 billion records being compromised. Hackers, cyber criminals and other malicious outsiders were responsible for just over two-thirds of last year’s data breaches. The healthcare industry suffered the most with 28 percent of all reported breaches in 2016. With hackers casting wider nets, they are accessing easily attainable…
Read MoreAccess Innovations, Inc. Organizing “ASIDIC Revisited”
Access Innovations, Inc. is arranging a meeting in the style of the historic ASIDIC meetings. The meeting will be September 24 – 25, 2017 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. ASIDIC meetings were small and focused on topics relevant to then-current significant industry issues and were held in various venues in the United States and Canada. “This…
Read MoreThe Messy Business of Metadata
Wait, I thought the purpose of metadata was to bring order and make the search process cleaner and thus make findability achievable. How can it be messy? The workflow in digital collections is evolving to accommodate the needs of linked data. This can get messy – like any change process will be. While many tasks are…
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