It’s All Semantic

Seamless integration of knowledge and data is a requirement for modern healthcare systems. Being able to respond quickly to a patient’s needs is priority. With various information systems being utilized to streamline and automate patient care processes, semantic technology is a need of its own.

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New Book Addresses Ontologies

Woodhead Publishing Ltd’s new book “Library Classification Trends in the 21st Century” traces the development in and around library classification as reported in literature published in the first decade of the 21st century.

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Data Standard Models in Competition

Open Data Model is a fairly new organization, at least compared to EDM Council. But these competing models have been busy lately. EDM set out classifications based on asset class distinctions as the basis for its model. Open Data’s model is based on the ISO 10962 standard and the same organizing principles as Wikipedia.

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No Ontology? Hmpf!

Lucky Sort is building a visualization and navigation engine called TopicWatch meant for discovering patterns in live data streams. Information overload may soon become a thing of the past with this new product. Imagine sifting through social media, government filings, news and commentary in real time, on your iPad.

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Young Entrepreneur Creates Mobile Search App

A London teenager has designed a new iPhone app which summarizes the content of web pages. This entrepreneurial pubescent created Summly while studying for exams and using Google for research. In an effort to make the process more efficient and informative, Summly provides a content summary of search results with a quick snapshot of the most relevant information relating to a story.

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