Taxodiary – News

New Vocabularies Added to Library of Congress Authorities and Vocabularies

By Melody Smith|January 5th, 2011|News, semantic, Standards|Comments Off on New Vocabularies Added to Library of Congress Authorities and Vocabularies

In an announcement from the Library of Congress, they share their pleasure in making available new vocabularies from its Authorities and Vocabularies web service, which provides access to Library of Congress standards and vocabularies as Linked Data. The Authorities and Vocabularies web service was first made available in May 2009 and offered the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH), the Library's initial entry into the Linked Data movement.

SaaS-Based Corporate Action Events Minimize Costs

By Melody Smith|January 4th, 2011|News, Technology|Comments Off on SaaS-Based Corporate Action Events Minimize Costs

The concept of SaaS clouds has gained significance with services being hosted in a common cloud environment within the enterprise or outside the enterprise.

New Partnership Shares Metadata Globally

By Melody Smith|January 4th, 2011|metadata, News|Comments Off on New Partnership Shares Metadata Globally

FiledBy, Inc. is the comprehensive online directory of author listings and websites and they have announced a reciprocal author and book metadata sharing agreement with Ingram Content Group Inc.

ASI 2011 Conference Scheduled for April 28-30

By Melody Smith|January 4th, 2011|indexing, News|Comments Off on ASI 2011 Conference Scheduled for April 28-30

The 2011 annual conference for the American Society for Indexing (ASI), “Providential Transformation,” will take place in Providence, Rhode Island from April 28-30. You do not need to be a member of ASI to attend.

Huge Challenge/Opportunity for Semantic Technology

By Melody Smith|January 3rd, 2011|metadata, News, semantic|Comments Off on Huge Challenge/Opportunity for Semantic Technology

An international group of scientists are aiming to create a simulator that can replicate everything happening on Earth - from global weather patterns and the spread of diseases to international financial transactions. The Living Earth Simulator (LES) aims to advance the scientific understanding of what is taking place on the planet, encapsulating the human actions that shape societies and the environmental forces that define the physical world.

KM Award Winners Announced

By Melody Smith|January 3rd, 2011|News, semantic, Taxonomy|Comments Off on KM Award Winners Announced

The winners of the KM Promise and the KM Reality awards were announced in November at the 2010 KMWorld Conference in Washington, D.C.

Web-Scale Discovery Services Help the Librarian Profession

By Melody Smith|December 31st, 2010|metadata, News|Comments Off on Web-Scale Discovery Services Help the Librarian Profession

Connecting users with the information they seek is one of the central pillars of the librarian profession. The new web-scale discovery services for libraries provide quick searching seamlessly across various components of indexed content.

Semantic Technology Scores Again

By Melody Smith|December 31st, 2010|metadata, News, semantic|Comments Off on Semantic Technology Scores Again

SciVerse Application Marketplace aims to meet the need of seamless scientific research with their latest release.

Keynote Speakers for EDW 2011 Named

By Melody Smith|December 30th, 2010|metadata, News, reference|Comments Off on Keynote Speakers for EDW 2011 Named

For the 15th year, Enterprise Data World (EDW) and DAMA International will host a conference on April 3 – 7, 2011 at the Chicago Sheraton and Towers.This year’s hot topics will include master data management, data in the cloud, data governance, information quality, metadata, enterprise information management, business analytics and Big Data.

Metadata Management a Big Priority for Users

By Melody Smith|December 30th, 2010|metadata, News|Comments Off on Metadata Management a Big Priority for Users

Teradata Corporation has released Teradata Metadata Management and Transformation. Using this new approach, Hollywood studios and content owners will be able to aggressively pursue revenue opportunities and end costly delays to product distribution and launches.