Good Taxonomy is Key to Effective Search
Speakers at the Enterprise Search Summit, held November 16-18 in Washington, D.C., united in expressing the opinion that effective search is not a challenge that can be met by technology alone.
Using Ontologies to Integrate Data
By Melody Smith|December 1st, 2010|metadata, News, ontology, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Using Ontologies to Integrate Data
PointCross has released its Study Data Integration and Search (SDIS) technology. SDIS is a solution that closes a major gap in the nonclinical phase of the R&D lifecycle.
Master Data Management is Coming to Healthcare
By Melody Smith|November 30th, 2010|Business Intelligence, indexing, metadata, News, Standards, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Master Data Management is Coming to Healthcare
Healthcare is changing, both in patient treatment and the government’s role in regulation and reimbursement. This makes the use of data, business intelligence and analytics tools ever more important.
Meta Tagging and Google – A Match Made Where?
By Melody Smith|November 30th, 2010|News, search|Comments Off on Meta Tagging and Google – A Match Made Where?
Google’s new news meta tagging scheme is being questioned by some for its brilliance and potential success. Though they appreciate the intent to distinguish between syndicated and non-syndicated content, they worry that the meta tags are clunky and therefore likely to be used to work the web.
Library Digitization for Free
By Melody Smith|November 30th, 2010|metadata, News|Comments Off on Library Digitization for Free
Treasures of Connecticut Libraries allows libraries to digitize, for free, up to 100 items in their collection, and then to upload their collection to a CONTENTdm site managed by the state library in Hartford. This collaboration is providing a relatively inexpensive model for libraries that want to expand awareness of their collections and demonstrate their value to a wider public.
DotNetNuke 5.6 Has Been Released
By Melody Smith|November 29th, 2010|Autoindexing, indexing, News|Comments Off on DotNetNuke 5.6 Has Been Released
DotNetNuke has released DotNetNuke 5.6, which includes the new DotNetNuke Site Search feature, enabling a more effective web site content search, and Enhanced Analytics Support, providing greater performance and control over the monitoring of web site traffic.
Grant for Developing Digital Library Tools Awarded
By Melody Smith|November 29th, 2010|metadata, News|Comments Off on Grant for Developing Digital Library Tools Awarded
Engineering professors were recently awarded a National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education (NSF DUE) grant to develop tools that will allow for easier curation of the National Science Digital Library (NSDL).
New Alignment Between Access Innovations and MarkLogic
By Melody Smith|November 26th, 2010|Access Insights, News, Taxonomy|Comments Off on New Alignment Between Access Innovations and MarkLogic
As reported by Beyond Search in their post, "Access Innovations Aligns with MarkLogic.”, some exciting things are happening at Access Innovations. A new set of enhancements of Data Harmony Suite specifically for MarkLogic servers has been released.
Talend Managing Metadata Databases
By Melody Smith|November 26th, 2010|metadata, News|Comments Off on Talend Managing Metadata Databases
Talend, developer in open source data management software, today announced that the Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) has selected Talend Integration Suite to improve the ease of integrating its metadata database systems.
Beta Application Geared to the Scientific Community
By Melody Smith|November 26th, 2010|metadata, News, ontology|Comments Off on Beta Application Geared to the Scientific Community
Elsevier has launched SciVerse Applications beta, a new module within the SciVerse platform that will empower the scientific community to develop and share customized solutions that advance the search and discovery process through its marketplace and developer network.