Capturing the Past
Infolinx System Solutions is implementing Infolinx WEB for a state library and archives managing physical records from cradle to grave.
Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus Available as Linked Open Data
By Melody Smith|March 6th, 2014|metadata, News, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus Available as Linked Open Data
The venerable Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) has just been released in a Linked Open Data format. The Getty AAT was developed starting in the late 1970s for the art library and art journal indexing community. Since then it has undergone periodic revisions, and is well regarded in the controlled vocabulary community.
Metadata Can Be Exciting
By Melody Smith|March 6th, 2014|metadata, News|Comments Off on Metadata Can Be Exciting
Recordkeeping may be seen as boring and mundane, to most. However, metadata has changed that, at least slightly. While most recordkeeping systems do have similarities, a record is not defined by where it gets stored, but by what it represents.
The Devil is in the Details
By Melody Smith|March 6th, 2014|indexing, metadata, News, Taxonomy|Comments Off on The Devil is in the Details
Implementing a digital asset management (DAM) system can be challenging. Many factors pose hurdles of varying degrees: asset ingestion, building the database, relevant and descriptive metadata, to name a few. It is key to make the assets descriptive enough to make them worth the time to search and find them.
Measures to Findability
By Melody Smith|March 5th, 2014|indexing, metadata, News, search|Comments Off on Measures to Findability
Digital asset management (DAM) is one of those things that confuses people, which discourages them from addressing it. Kind of like those tasks we all put off until we can no longer justify ignoring them. DAM brings with it extra policy, added expenses, and more required training for an already overloaded staff. So why do we do it?
Comic Book Heroes
By Melody Smith|March 4th, 2014|metadata, News|Comments Off on Comic Book Heroes
For those comic book geeks...err...collectors in the audience Marvel Entertainment's new API allows you to build Marvel Comic apps for your own use. That last part was important. You can't market them for revenue. The Disney-owned company is opening up the data from its 75-year publishing history, including cover art, characters and comic book crossover events, for developers. This "free for all" gives them access to metadata for more than 30,000 comics and 7,000 series.
Streamlining Findability
By Melody Smith|February 28th, 2014|indexing, metadata, News, search|Comments Off on Streamlining Findability
Processes like e-discovery are time-consuming and costly. No one likes paying lawyers $500 an hour to retrieve documents rather than build your company’s defenses. A proactive records management strategy can make information governance central.
Digitizing Government Records
By Melody Smith|February 26th, 2014|indexing, metadata, News|Comments Off on Digitizing Government Records
The first modern Land Record Management and Information System (LRMIS) center is working in Taxila tehsil. All land records of the entire tehsil will be digitized, which will create conveniences in transfer of properties and getting revenue documents.
The Meta of Data
By Melody Smith|February 26th, 2014|metadata, News|Comments Off on The Meta of Data
Metadata continues to be in the headlines, and most of the news isn’t good. What is missing is news around the meta of data and how it has transformed.
Metadata Jobs Available
By Melody Smith|February 24th, 2014|metadata, News|Comments Off on Metadata Jobs Available
We are always excited to share with our readers career opportunities in the world of taxonomy, metadata and semantic technology. Even if you aren’t in the market for a career move, it is always good to stay on top of what is available and how the fields are evolving. There seems to be a trend with jobs around metadata. And no, these don't include the previous position of Edward Snowden.