metadata
Using Semantics in Governance
Data governance requires a standards-based, semantic approach. Datanami brought us this information in their article, “A Semantic Approach to Big Data Governance.” Big data is responsible for bringing organizations to the realization that the practical value of semantics enable them to maintain and improve governance principles over unruly unstructured and semi-structured data. Semantic technologies play a…
Read MoreDigging Deep into Hierarchy
Understanding polyhierarchy within taxonomies can be a challenge, but not an insurmountable one. This interesting information came from Heather Hedden’s blog, The Accidental Taxonomist, in the post titled, “Polyhierarchy in the SharePoint Term Store.” Polyhierarchy means a taxonomy term has more than one broader term or parent term. In a traditional hierarchical taxonomy structure, a term…
Read MoreFinding the Data
TEMIS has launched Luxid 7, the seventh generation of its flagship semantic content enrichment platform. Luxid 7 promises a beefed-up scalable and robust semantic enrichment pipeline and includes a dedicated ontology management tool. Broadway World Geeks brought this to our attention in their article, “TEMIS Integrates Ontology Management and Semantic Enrichment in Luxid’ 7.” When building a…
Read MoreGathering the Big Data
Data lakes have become more common and unfortunately as data – unstructured, semi-structured, and structured – continues to multiply at a phenomenally rapid pace, they will continue to be more frequent. This interesting information came to us from DataInformed in their article, “Avoiding Three Common Pitfalls of Data Lakes.” A single repository for integration, access, and…
Read MoreMore Access to Databases
The U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), in collaboration with Boston University School of Medicine has announced the launch of the Health Literacy Tool Shed. This interesting news came from the Library Journal in their article, “Reference: National Library of Medicine Releases New Health Literacy Tool Shed Website.” The Health Literacy Tool Shed is a free,…
Read MoreDigital Privacy Unplugged
California continues to be very progressive with their digital privacy laws. This interesting information came from WIRED in their article, “California Now Has the Nation’s Best Digital Privacy Law.” The Electronic Communications Privacy Act bars any state law enforcement agency or other investigative entity from compelling a business to turn over any metadata or digital communications—including…
Read MoreTaxonomy and Metadata Specialist Needed
To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, ontology, etc., we are sharing career opportunities that we find with our readers. Even if you are not in the market for a career move, it is always good to stay on top of what is available and how the fields are…
Read MoreLearning Opportunity This Week
Many organizations have content dispersed across multiple independent repositories and often without any metadata consistency. The attention given to enterprise data is often not extended to unstructured content, widening the gap between the two worlds and making it near impossible to provide accurate business intelligence, good user experience, or even basic findability. This very timely…
Read MoreSecure Your Data From Inside
Security with technology is a constant concern for most organizations. It might surprise some, but probably not all, that humans are the weakest link in the security chain. This information came from The Wall Street Journal in their article, “How to Improve Cybersecurity? Just Eliminate the Human Factor.” Training employees to make better decisions can…
Read MoreLibrary Data Open to Access
Helsinki University Library’s open data web service offers the vast majority of the library’s data in easy-to-use JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) format. This interesting news came from the blog post, “Helsinki University Library opens its data for the general public.” Citizens and businesses can retrieve library’s data from the service for personal or commercial purposes. There are…
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