Data Governance and Taxonomies

The continuous push and pull of new regulations, projects and analytics investments create constant disruption for organizations. The volume of data created and managed is overwhelming. To address this, it feels like a refresher on data governance 101 is in order.  Data governance refers to the set of laws, policies, regulations, authorities and decision-making structures that guide how…

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FutureLearn Selects Data Harmony Hub for Semantic Metadata Enrichment Program to Improve Course Discoverability

FutureLearn, a global education platform that delivers learning through online courses, has selected Data Harmony Hub for their semantic metadata enrichment program.  The metadata program is aimed to increase discoverability and findability of their thousands of online education courses. Data Harmony Hub is a managed service that can be easily integrated into content development and…

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Semantic Enrichment in Today’s Digital World

In the digital world, semantic technologies and procedures automate the classification of digital content and enable the assignment of content to specific topic areas. Semantic methods find a practical application where the optimal management of a constantly growing amount of online content contributes to the strategic goals of an organization. Using taxonomies and semantic tagging of articles…

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The Science of Data

Today, data is the asset that businesses are gathering critical insights on to improve business performance and protect the asset. But who will glean insights? Who will process all the collated raw data? Everything is done either by a data analyst or a data scientist. While data analysts and data scientists both work with data,…

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Data Management and Data Quality

Data quality has never been more important. It is the measure of how well suited a data set is to serve its specific purpose. When data is deemed to be of low quality, it is likely that the inputs are to blame. The manner in which data is collected will have a lot to do with…

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Access Innovations and SiteFusion ProConsult Partner to Deliver Intelligent Content Management Solutions

Access Innovations, Inc., provider of Data Harmony software solutions, is proud to announce a partnership with SiteFusion ProConsult LLC, the North American joint venture of SiteFusion GmbH and EBCONT proconsult GmbH.  SiteFusion’s market leading best-of-breed content management system for publishers can leverage the taxonomy management and semantic metadata enrichment capabilities of Data HarmonyTM.  Workflows can…

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The Demand for Taxonomists and Ontologists

Are taxonomists and ontologists as rare as unicorns? Before addressing that question, let’s talk about the difference between taxonomy and ontology first. It can be a complex matter. A taxonomy is a knowledge organization system, a set of words that have been organized to control the use of terms used in a subject field into a…

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Tools of the Trade

We know what a taxonomy is and does. A taxonomy provides the structure and classification for organization to create the best findability for content. It represents a predefined organizational structure that can cover a range of subjects from general industries or fields of study to the relevant words and terms unique to the business. They are…

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Win with Taxonomies

If winning in the content game is your goal, you must have a clear taxonomy. A taxonomy serves to supercharge your content—helping your users find and access the right content in a timely manner. Taxonomy is the science of classification – a basic means of understanding the world around us. Creating information order and structure is what…

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