The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) recently announced the publication of a revision to the Knowledge Bases and Related Tools (KBART) Recommended Practice (NISO RP-9-2014). The original recommended practice which was issued in 2010, provided all parties in the information supply chain with straightforward guidance about metadata formatting.
If you are still on the fence about whether to attend the American Libraries Association (ALA) Annual Meeting in Las Vegas this summer, this bit of news might help you make your decision. There will be a special performance by the Oxford Commas, a band composed of librarians and university press editors who are dedicated to raising the grammatical standard in popular music. The set list will include such favorites as: Whom Do You Love?, You Haven’t Seen Anything Yet, and Two Out of Three Is Not Bad.
The International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility (INCF), an international organization launched in 2005, following a proposal from the Global Science Forum of the OECD to establish international coordination and collaborative informatics infrastructure for neuroscience. INCF, in collaboration with the Human Brain Project, is now seeking to immediately hire a Semantic Technology Specialist.
I couldn't help myself. A taxonomy of selfies? How could I look away? Please forgive my self-indulgence (pun totally intended).
Semantic data standards exist in a variety of businesses and markets. In the oil and gas industry, they exist to help users integrate different types of data together or answer some of the more difficult questions. They break down the walls of application names, such as Excel or Oracle, and allow the data to be published, accessed, and linked as simple as browsing a website.
Visionet Systems, Inc. has announced the public launch of VisiOCR, a cloud-based automated mortgage document indexing and data extraction service for lenders, servicers, settlement companies, and investors.
We have shared here many times the angst of those who are worried about the ICD-10 coding classification transition that goes into effect on October 1, 2014. The new classification system has five times the number of codes, hence the angst.
Demartek has been named an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized test laboratory for the United States EPA ENERGY STAR® Data Center Storage program. They provide hands-on research and analysis by focusing on industry analysis and lab validation testing of server, network, storage, and security technologies. The EPA ENERGY STAR Data Center Storage taxonomy is consistent with the taxonomy developed by the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) Green Storage Initiative.
Today is the day of pranks, jokes, and trickery. Some people go to outlandish and extravagant efforts to pull a prank on others. But how did it get started? I went to the Library of Congress to find some answers.