News – Page 715 – Taxodiary

Marco? Polo!

By Melody Smith | June 9, 2014

Making content findable by users has become easier and more intuitive through semantic search, a technique used to determine the actual intent and contextual meaning for the keywords that a person types into a search engine. It works on the principles of language and is based on the context, substance, and intent and concept of the search phrase. Semantic search can also incorporate location, synonyms of a term, current trends, and other natural language elements as part of the search.

Looking at All Angles

By Melody Smith | June 6, 2014

It is important to plan your business from every perspective – employees, customers, market, etc. Information architecture is the next step to organizing information based on that analysis.

New Words to Spell

By Melody Smith | June 5, 2014

Merriam-Webster has come out with its new list of approved words for 2014 and I am extremely excited. Not only are they new words I can add to my vocabulary, I can also potentially use them in Words with Friends or Scrabble.

Ontology-Based Software Aiding in Treating Diabetes

By Melody Smith | June 5, 2014

Arab Open University’s (AOU) branch in Oman has developed software for detection and risk assessment of diabetes and other related diseases. This software is ontology driven known as Decision Support System. It was developed as part of the Research Council (TRC) Open Research Grant program. AOU was awarded this project in 2012.

Indexing History, Capturing Time

By Melody Smith | June 4, 2014

Historic audio and video footage is undergoing cataloguing and indexing as it gets closer to being fully integrated into the Visual History Archive. J. Michael Hagopian’s collection of 400 interviews of Armenian Genocide survivors and witnesses was handed over to the USC Shoah Foundation from the Armenian Film Foundation in an effort to preserve and integrate the collection.

Data Everywhere

By Melody Smith | June 3, 2014

We talk a lot about big data. It is important, but what about smart data? Adding more data isn’t the solution to all problems. Getting value from data comes down to how easily you can do something with it.

NIOSH’s Office of Mine Safety and Health Research Implements Taxonomy-based Navigation

By Melody Smith | June 2, 2014

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health’s (NIOSH) Office of Mine Safety and Health Research (OMSHR) has implemented a taxonomy-based navigation tool on their website — called “Site Browser” — that allows researchers and other users to browse content tagged with subject terms from their taxonomy.

Information Architect Position Available

By Melody Smith | June 2, 2014

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 good to stay on top of what is available and how the fields are changing.

New Release Using Semantic Technology

By Melody Smith | May 30, 2014

Ontology Systems has announced the launch of Intelligent 360 for Network Operators (i360-NetOps). This new product helps organizations to carry out network troubleshooting, handle their change management and other service enhancing processes.