Taxodiary – search

Internal Strategy

By Melody Smith|March 27th, 2014|Business strategy, News, search|Comments Off on Internal Strategy

Organizational intranets are a major part of internal communications around the world. The responsibility for posting is housed in various locations, e.g., communications, information technology, human resources, and even the executive offices. There seems to be no standardization in technology or content management. What many do not realize is internal communications is far more than controlling the rumor mill or sharing the latest human resources policy. It is about strategy.

Semantic Search Enhances Results

By Melody Smith|March 24th, 2014|News, search, semantic|Comments Off on Semantic Search Enhances Results

Vodacom SA has deployed Ontology Systems to enhance their service assurance operations. By providing Vodacom with a comprehensive service assurance solution for change management and fault management operations, they can accurately assess the impact of change requests and reduce the cross-network impact of ad hoc transmission infrastructure fault management.

Intent in Search

By Melody Smith|March 21st, 2014|News, search, semantic|Comments Off on Intent in Search

By analogy with the evolution of aviation, search technology and semantic technology have reached the equivalent of the stealth bombers. Boolean expressions made searches more sophisticated through the use of query modifiers. It became possible to find better results by narrowing or widening the parameters. Keyword searches match results to phrases that are specified by users, and advanced algorithms made this the dominant approach for Web search engines by assigning rankings to pages with the best user experience. But what about context?

Semantics and Search

By Melody Smith|March 12th, 2014|News, search, semantic|Comments Off on Semantics and Search

Expert System recently announced that ANSA has chosen the Cogito semantic technology to improve access in its ANSAFoto image database. The world of news and publishing have both grown more and more dependent on technologies that enable filtering to access only the content you are looking for, along with real-time sharing, both quickly and easily.

The Evolution of Search

By Melody Smith|March 11th, 2014|News, search|Comments Off on The Evolution of Search

Like many other segments of business, marketing technology is evolving faster than one could have predicted. Part of that evolution is targeting audiences beyond just age and demographics, but tightening the focus to the people who are truly most likely to make a purchase, at a time when they are most likely to make a purchase of whatever wares we are peddling.

Measures to Findability

By Melody Smith|March 5th, 2014|indexing, metadata, News, search|Comments Off on Measures to Findability

Digital asset management (DAM) is one of those things that confuses people, which discourages them from addressing it. Kind of like those tasks we all put off until we can no longer justify ignoring them. DAM brings with it extra policy, added expenses, and more required training for an already overloaded staff. So why do we do it?

Analyze Away

By Melody Smith|March 3rd, 2014|News, search|Comments Off on Analyze Away

In this world of big data, analytics, and science, when is enough enough? Analytics provides descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics, but some are looking for that next level – the semantic level.

Streamlining Findability

By Melody Smith|February 28th, 2014|indexing, metadata, News, search|Comments Off on Streamlining Findability

Processes like e-discovery are time-consuming and costly. No one likes paying lawyers $500 an hour to retrieve documents rather than build your company’s defenses. A proactive records management strategy can make information governance central.

Achieving Findability

By Melody Smith|February 25th, 2014|indexing, News, search, semantic|Comments Off on Achieving Findability

Xerox was chosen by the Department of Homeland Security to convert the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ records to digital form.

Keeping Up With the Times

By Melody Smith|February 20th, 2014|News, search, Technology|Comments Off on Keeping Up With the Times

The Oxford English Dictionary has a reputation as the best, most comprehensive dictionary in the English speaking world. If asked, most people would agree that it has been geared more for academics than regular folks. That reputation doesn't sit well with the new chief editor, Michael Proffitt, who believes the dictionary still has a place in today's modern and technologically driven age.