Taxodiary – metadata

Data Storage in Today’s Environment

By Melody Smith|July 28th, 2014|metadata, News, storage|Comments Off on Data Storage in Today’s Environment

We have all heard the story about the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) official who while under investigation for allegedly mistreating Tea Party groups seeking tax exemptions, lost copies of her emails when her hard drive crashed. There are many questions about this that come to mind, but the most practical one would be - why is she backing up emails on a PC? The government has what appears to be unlimited resources when it wants it, yet they don't have such easily accessible technology as cloud storage?

Digitization is Here

By Melody Smith|July 25th, 2014|metadata, News|Comments Off on Digitization is Here

The Geneva-based International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is concerned that organizations are not properly prepared for the world of digitization that has arrived. This interesting […]

Indexing Challenge Accepted and Bested

By Melody Smith|July 24th, 2014|indexing, metadata, News|Comments Off on Indexing Challenge Accepted and Bested

FamilySearch International recently announced a worldwide crowdsourcing challenge aimed at establishing a new record for the most volunteer indexing participants online in a single day.

Managing the Chaos

By Melody Smith|July 24th, 2014|indexing, metadata, News|Comments Off on Managing the Chaos

The Dallas police department recently switched from its decades-old mainframe system to a new, $4 million records management system. The department also launched a new field-based report system. The roll-out wasn't considered a success.

Digitizing Preserves Valuable Data

By Melody Smith|July 16th, 2014|indexing, metadata, News|Comments Off on Digitizing Preserves Valuable Data

The volume and rapid growth of data, which can be overwhelming for information managers, have completely changed the approach and risk to records management. Mistakes can result in financial implications.

Moving to the Cloud Allows for More Creative Room

By Melody Smith|July 16th, 2014|indexing, metadata, News|Comments Off on Moving to the Cloud Allows for More Creative Room

Open source native software libraries for Android and iOS have been released by Cloudant for developers to manage and replicate mobile application data on phones, tablets, and other occasionally connected devices.

Discovering the Right Information

By Melody Smith|July 11th, 2014|indexing, metadata, News, search|Comments Off on Discovering the Right Information

Records and information management are a key function of any law firm. Depsite this fact, many professionals consider this portion of the office dispensable and replaceable. The good news is that the people who drive business within law firms see the benefit in a sound records management program.

The Other Side of the Coin

By Melody Smith|July 11th, 2014|metadata, News|Comments Off on The Other Side of the Coin

Metadata continues to be ambiguously and sometimes not so ambiguously tied to dark and dastardly deeds.

The Value of Your Data

By Melody Smith|July 10th, 2014|Autoindexing, metadata, News, semantic|Comments Off on The Value of Your Data

Data is everywhere, but in the healthcare industry it is fast becoming the largest producer. Combine that with the many other initiatives in health information technology going on – electronic health records, ICD-10 coding classification transition, Affordable Health Care, Meaningful Use – they need whatever help they can find.

The Value of Good Recordkeeping

By Melody Smith|July 10th, 2014|indexing, metadata, News|Comments Off on The Value of Good Recordkeeping

The new streamlined records management standard is simpler to use, making it easier for public sector organizations to maintain and keep essential records, according to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Hon. Peter Dunne.