New Vocabularies Added to Library of Congress Authorities and Vocabularies

By Melody Smith | January 5, 2011

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.

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Huge Challenge/Opportunity for Semantic Technology

By Melody Smith | January 3, 2011

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.

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Has Tape Backup Suffered the Final Death?

By Melody Smith | December 28, 2010

The emergence of faster and denser LTO-5 tape could spark an increase in that exact debate; even with the general consensus being that LTO-5 won’t stop the ongoing trend toward disk backup and data deduplication technology.

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U.S. Navy Swimming in the Semantic Sea

By Melody Smith | December 17, 2010

The U.S. Navy believes the semantic Web will connect data in new ways and lay the foundation for further advances in their world. Their objective is to manage a global network that delivers instant integration of military data across a number of separate specializations such as geographic, intelligence, logistics and manpower, as well as provide information about red or blue forces. The semantic Web will be the engine needed to power the effort.

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