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Taxonomies for Financial Consistency
A new handbook outlining standards for the financial technology (fintech) sector has been released in an effort to unify regulators, policy makers and stakeholders. This interesting topic came to us from the Business Mirror in their article, “Group pushes standards to unify fintech industry.” The fintech taxonomy carries the title “Unchartered Beyond” and includes standards for…
Read MoreAccess Innovations Represented in the NKOS Workshop Panel
Networked Knowledge Organization Systems (NKOS) is holding their 2020 Workshop as a virtual meeting over September 9-10, 2020. It will focus on health and medical as well as overall knowledge organization systems. As part of the workshop, one session titled, “Facing the World Wide Health Crisis with Vocabulary Control and Standards” will feature a panel…
Read MoreData Quality in Strategy
The volume of market data, historical prices and transactional data that is stored in disparate systems allows organizations to not only collect the data, but extract value from it. This information came to our attention in Finextra’s article, “Unlocking Data Silos to Reach the Promised Land of Smart Data Analytics.” Data quality is critical to…
Read MoreVolume of Data Requires Governance and Taxonomy
The continuous push and pull of new regulations, projects and analytics investments create constant disruption for organizations. The volume of data created and managed is overwhelming. To address this, it feels like a refresher on data governance 101 is in order. This interesting topic came to us from ZD Net in their article, “Data governance for…
Read MoreSenior Data Scientist Opportunity in London
To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, semantic technology, 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 evolving.…
Read MoreOpen Source and Culture
The term open source refers to something people can modify and share because its design is publicly accessible. Behind any successful open source project or product there is typically a passionate and close community collaborating under the virtue of transparency to develop services that break from tradition. This is a cultural issue, and one that pushes the industry to…
Read MoreOpen Access is Changing
As more publishers consider the open access model, looking closer into collective action models in academic publishing might be in order. The Scholarly Kitchen brought this interesting news to our attention in their article, “Sustainable Open Access – What’s Next?“ Several factors appear to be converging to accelerate the move toward open access. Many publishers…
Read MoreThe Impact of Machine Learning
Automated machine learning (AutoML) hasn’t completely replaced handcrafted algorithms, but it has made an impact. Datanami brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “AutoML Tools Emerge as Data Science Difference Makers.“ The data science field is changing how companies look to utilize intelligence into their products and services, AutoML tools have the potential…
Read MoreAI Today and Tomorrow
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a common term used in everything from research and healthcare to your home HVAC system. Since technology is developing at a pace that’s never been seen before, new advancements and breakthroughs happen far more frequently than at any time in the past. AI is usually involved in those advancements. This interesting topic…
Read MoreThe Change in Data Management
Data management has changed significantly over the past few decades. No longer do we migrate data from punch cards to tapes and magnetic discs. The rate of hardware innovation has vastly outpaced that of software and database systems in particular. This interesting topic came to our attention from Digital Insurance in their article, “4 components…
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