The Dets on Data
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Big Data Working Group recently released the Big Data Taxonomy Report, a report to help decision makers understand and navigate the myriad choices within the big data designation.
Marathon Indexing Project
By Melody Smith|October 30th, 2014|Autoindexing, indexing, metadata, News|Comments Off on Marathon Indexing Project
AMCAD has started working on a document management project with Arizona’s Pinal County Clerk of the Superior Court. The plan is to scan and index approximately five million images in six months’ time. This monumental task is part of a larger long-term records management strategy for the Clerk of the Superior Court.
A Different Approach for Some
Perspective is key as we hear time and time again. How one person or group of people look at a situation is likely very different from those on the other side of the coin. This is true with taxonomies as well. Who builds them and the perspective they bring to the project is key to its success or failure. The Financial Times brought this topic to our attention in their article, “Where new ideas take root.”
The Power of Metadata
By Melody Smith|October 23rd, 2014|metadata, News|Comments Off on The Power of Metadata
The publishing industry has long been reliant on digital information to sell books in all formats. More and more, publishers are considering the tools they use to manage the publishing process. Their challenges include inefficient tools, often requiring replication of work to process what is essentially the same data for different uses.
Classifying Men?
I am still surprised at the variety of taxonomies I found and I typically find them in the oddest places. This one came from ECNS in their article, "Male outcast taxonomy." Though not a true taxonomy, its classification efforts are as unique as the topic.
Adding to the Data
By Melody Smith|October 22nd, 2014|indexing, metadata, News, search|Comments Off on Adding to the Data
The European Training Thesaurus (ETT) is Cedefop’s controlled vocabulary used to index the VET-Bib (the Reference Library of Vocational Education and Training in Europe) bibliographic database.
Data Collections
By Melody Smith|October 20th, 2014|metadata, News|Comments Off on Data Collections
Researchers at the University of Liverpool’s Institute of Infection and Global Health are building the world’s most comprehensive database describing human and animal pathogens.
Taxonomy Classification of Internet Access
By Melody Smith|October 17th, 2014|indexing, metadata, News, Taxonomy, Technology|Comments Off on Taxonomy Classification of Internet Access
An interesting classification scheme draft was posted on October 6 by the Internet Engineering Task Force. You can view it here. The Alternative Network Deployments. Taxonomy and characterization draft-manyfolks-gaia-community-networks-01 deals with available technologies (including alternative ones for use in developing countries) for Internet access.
Data Everywhere
By Melody Smith|October 17th, 2014|metadata, News, storage|Comments Off on Data Everywhere
Data in every form, including digital and print, is growing at an exponential rate. According to the National Science Foundation, 90 percent of the data in existence today was created in the last two years. This interesting information was found on Federal News Radio in their article, “Data retention & records management.” The Presidential Directive on Managing Government Records, and initiatives such as the Open Data Policy, have begun to address this critical situation, but this is only the beginning.
Unlocking the Classification of Plants
By Melody Smith|October 10th, 2014|indexing, metadata, News, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Unlocking the Classification of Plants
Linnaeus originally began designing and developing his taxonomic system by studying and classifying plants. This is the core, the foundation of the science and art of taxonomies today.