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Ontologies and the Semantic Web
Ontology is one of the key components of the semantic webs. Because it contains the core knowledge for an effective search, it requires carefully-collected knowledge which is domain-sensitive. 7th Space Interactive brought this interesting information to us in their article, “Ontology construction and application in practice case study of health tourism in Thailand.” The METHONTOLOGY approach is…
Read MoreNew AAP President Has Copyright Law Background
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) recently named Maria A. Pallante as President and CEO. Pallante is the former United States Register of Copyrights, a position she held from 2011-2016. During her tenure, she administered an increasingly complex legal system of programs, practices, and regulations and assisted executive branch agencies with trade, treaties and litigation. Pallante was…
Read MoreDefine Ownership
When it comes to digital content, the ownership issue gets grayer and grayer. This interesting information came to us from Copyright and Technology in their article, “What Does Ownership Mean in the Digital Age?” When you purchase from a digital content retail service, do you actually own what you’ve paid money for? Most retailers’ terms of service…
Read MoreSharePoint Fest Coming Soon
SharePoint Fest DC is one of the top SharePoint conferences in North America and this year it is scheduled for April 17-20, 2017. Benzinga brought this news to us in their article, “SharePoint Fest Returns to DC April 17-20th, 2017 and Welcomes Concept Searching as a Gold Sponsor.” Conference delegates will hear from keynote speakers and…
Read MoreMetadata and Its Friends
You have heard of metadata, but do you know what it is or why is it so important? This interesting information came to us from Dataconomy in their article, “What is Metadata and Why is it as Important as the Data Itself?” Metadata is explained in a few different ways. Some say it is data that…
Read MoreSearching with Semantic Technology
We humans by nature don’t like long lists of things. Our brains get easily overwhelmed and, as cognitive misers, we prefer fewer options, shorter sentences and paragraphs, etc. Psychological research shows that humans can only parse seven plus or minus two things at a time—words in a sentence, sentences in a paragraph, menu items, etc. This…
Read MoreArchiving the Past for the Future
1.2 million volunteers worldwide contribute to the FamilySearch indexing program, which brings billions of historical records to life. NewsOK out of Oklahoma brought this information to our attention in their article, “Indexing projects make family records more accessible.” FamilySearch is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its web-based, volunteer-driven indexing initiative. Every week, FamilySearch publishes millions of…
Read MoreNew Publishing Arrangements Enhances Customer Service
Atypon has signed multi-year agreements with two leading publishers. The American Physiological Society (APS) and Health Affairs are now part of the widely used online publishing platform, Literatum. Atypon brought this news to our attention in their article, “The American Physiological Society and Health Affairs Both Moving to Atypon’s Literatum Online Publishing Platform.” APS will house 13 journals,…
Read MoreMetadata Tells All
Last fall, a federal court ruling revealed that CSIS, Canada’s CIA analog, operated a secret metadata collection program for a decade, collecting metadata in all information—time stamps, locations, names and numbers. This interesting information came from Motherboard in their article, “How Metadata Can Reveal What Your Job Is.” As if metadata didn’t already have a bad…
Read MoreSmarter Machines
I know, with a title like that the inner sci-fi geek in you just went, “whaaat?” Granted, artificial intelligence (AI) devices may be best known from futuristic novels or or blockbuster movies, but there are some really cool things happening with those technologies today. Government Technology brought this interesting information to us in their article, “Tech Giants…
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