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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Taxonomies and Search

Taxonomies provide hierarchical categorization and classification of not only content, but also products and brands represented in online directories and product catalogs. Taxonomies do not belong to one science or interest. They can be applied anywhere from a grocery store to plant anatomy. The power of a taxonomy is in achieving findability in data. In today’s digital age, it’s…

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Finding Data

While data analysts and data scientists both work with data, the main difference lies in what they do with it. Data analysts examine large data sets to identify trends, develop charts and create visual presentations to help businesses make more strategic decisions. Data scientists, on the other hand, design and construct new processes for data modeling…

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