Taxodiary – indexing

When Relationships Are Broken

By Melody Smith|November 18th, 2013|indexing, News, Taxonomy, Term lists|1 Comment

The defining characteristic of taxonomies is the key to hierarchical relationships. It is vital to be sure this step is accurate and the relationships are true. Generic relationships, as explained in ANSI/NISO Z39.19-2005 (page 47), identifies the link between a class and its members or species. The generic relationship is generally called the Broader term/Narrower term relationship. In most cases, it’s easy in traditional biological taxonomy of organisms, because of its well-established and well-known groupings of phyla, genera, families, species, and so forth, i.e., Rodents and NT Squirrels.

Machine Assisted Indexing Changes Landscape

By Melody Smith|November 14th, 2013|Autoindexing, indexing, News|Comments Off on Machine Assisted Indexing Changes Landscape

Medical coding is changing. Coders who have been in the “biz” for years have faced a decision: either retire or learn the new coding classification system. The latter is a daunting task for most. However economy, job security, etc. make for strong motivators to learn a new system. Unfortunately, physicians have no such motive – or so they

Don’t Be Cut Off From Your Data

By Melody Smith|November 13th, 2013|indexing, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Don’t Be Cut Off From Your Data

This small town police records management crashing may not seem like breaking news, but if you were dependent on the information found in the records, you might think differently. Records management is a key part of any organization's information technology strategy, or should be.

A Cloud Drifting Toward a Classification

By Melody Smith|November 11th, 2013|Access Insights, Featured, indexing, Taxonomy|1 Comment

Recently, I was watching a show on the Weather Channel about the “discovery” of a previously unrecognized type of cloud. This intrigued me, as I’ve always wondered how the “official” classifications of various kinds of things come about, and just who has the authority somehow to establish the classifications and terminology. We all know at least some of the standard cloud types – cirrus, cumulus, cumulonimbus, etc. (If you want to know all the types and subtypes, check out Wikipedia’s “List of cloud types”.) Who decided on those names and types, and why?

Comprehensive Filing Results in Findability

By Melody Smith|October 30th, 2013|indexing, News|Comments Off on Comprehensive Filing Results in Findability

Infolinx System Solutions was chosen by the Virginia Department of Social Services (VDSS) - Division of Child Support Enforcement (DCSE) for their Infolinx WEB Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) enterprise physical records management software. This office had been tracking their records via the use of a spreadsheet.

Machine Assisted Indexing Maximizes Potential

By Melody Smith|October 24th, 2013|Autoindexing, indexing, News|Comments Off on Machine Assisted Indexing Maximizes Potential

Healthcare professionals are working hard to prepare for the transition to the ICD-10 coding classification system. The deadline of October 2014 is coming faster and faster. Industry professionals have advice on how to make the next year and half as productive as possible. Becker’s ASC Review brought this topic to our attention in their article, “7 Ways to Make the ICD-10 Switch Less Painful.”

The Power of Google+

By Melody Smith|October 16th, 2013|indexing, News, search|Comments Off on The Power of Google+

A recent study by Stone Temple Consulting on whether or not Google + shares alone can affect search engine rank. This seems a little precise for a study, but they took three websites and had two unique pages of applicable content published on each. One was a control page and one was a test page. Next , they had Google+ influencers share the page, as well as a handful of other participants who were instructed to only share the page, not visit or link to it in any other way.

Growing the Crowd

By Melody Smith|October 16th, 2013|indexing, News|Comments Off on Growing the Crowd

CrowdSource works with national clients such as BazaarVoice, Citysearch, Dictionary.com, and ToysRUs, so it shouldn’t be surprising that they have recently launched Transcribe.com, which adds audio and video transcription solutions to its list of managed crowdsourcing solutions. This interesting news was found on Digital Journal in their article, “CrowdSource Expands With Launch of Crowd-Powered Transcription Company.”

Capturing Catholic History

By Melody Smith|October 15th, 2013|indexing, News|Comments Off on Capturing Catholic History

The Church of the Latter Day Saints are notorious for their genealogy, archiving, and indexing of familial and church history. Now the Catholic church is in the business of preserving history digitally, at least in one archdiocese. The new director of the archdiocesan Office of Archives and Records, Claire Galloway Jenkins, arrived recently at the Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta, ready to get started.

Prank Gone Viral

By Melody Smith|October 10th, 2013|indexing, metadata, News|Comments Off on Prank Gone Viral

One biologist spends an inordinate amount of time sending a faux paper with incorrect and downright false information to be published. The surprise is that the majority of the papers are published.