Governing and Finding Data
Information governance is a term becoming more familiar and frequent with each passing day. Few will argue the point that new sources of information […]
New Territory for Privacy Laws
By Melody Smith|May 8th, 2015|metadata, News|Comments Off on New Territory for Privacy Laws
Australia has passed a controversial security law that will require its internet and mobile phone providers to store customer data for two years. This much contested government bill got Senate approval by 43 votes to 16, with the support of the opposition Labor party.
Finding Relevance
By Melody Smith|May 7th, 2015|indexing, metadata, News, search|Comments Off on Finding Relevance
Rovi Corporation introduced the industry’s lastest and some say most robust metadata product, Rovi Knowledge Graph.
Making Content Findable Through Dynamic Search
By Melody Smith|May 7th, 2015|metadata, News, search|Comments Off on Making Content Findable Through Dynamic Search
An artificial intelligence-based site search technology has been launched to offer the best possible search experience. ThatNeedle.com is based on the company’s proprietary natural language processing technology and semantic search.
Choosing Storage Carefully
By Melody Smith|May 6th, 2015|metadata, News, storage|Comments Off on Choosing Storage Carefully
Cloud storage is fast becoming the desired solution driving users' decisions. It seems like the perfect answer to a complicated space issue. However, there are some factors around cloud storage that would behoove anyone considering it to remember.
Securing the Data
By Melody Smith|May 5th, 2015|metadata, News|Comments Off on Securing the Data
Data security breaches have not been limited to one particular type of business. Retailers have been victims, as has the healthcare industry. Ironically, education institutions also suffer data breaches at a rate of just over one per week. But the real victims have been the customers and patients who trusted their most personal information to these organizations while assuming that those organizations’ security measures would be enough.
Referencing the Data
By Melody Smith|May 4th, 2015|metadata, News, reference|Comments Off on Referencing the Data
TopQuadrant has released TopBraid Reference Data Manager™ (TopBraid RDM) to bring consistency and accuracy to reference data management.
Classifying Science
By Melody Smith|April 30th, 2015|indexing, metadata, News, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Classifying Science
The INIS (International Nuclear Information System) Thesaurus is a valuable and useful product used by the INIS Secretariat and Member States to index documents for input into the INIS Collection and to facilitate information retrieval for global users of the collection.
Managing Your Assets
By Melody Smith|April 29th, 2015|indexing, metadata, News|Comments Off on Managing Your Assets
Extensis has released their modular digital asset management (DAM) system, Extensis Portfolio, with promises of transforming the user experience.
A Double Decker
By Melody Smith|April 28th, 2015|metadata, News, Taxonomy|Comments Off on A Double Decker
I am a foodie and I write for a taxonomy blog. Of course I am going to share the latest taxonomy, "A Field Guide to the American Sandwich," found in The New York Times.