Taxonomy
It Is For the Birds
We talk a lot about taxonomy in the realm of indexing organizational information against a solid and strong taxonomy built within standards so that content is found easily. It is easy sometimes to forget that taxonomy originated with science. Classification of animals, plants, and other organisms into appropriate categories for easy reference. eBird is a traditional genus-species kind of taxonomy except for the part about being online and searchable.
Read MorePack ’em Up
Are you ready for boot camp? Have all your tools and gear packed and ready to learn? The Taxonomy Boot Camp is scheduled for November 4-5, 2014 in Washington D.C. as a precursor to the Enterprise Search & Discovery 2014 that we brought to you earlier this week.
Read MoreTaxonomists Needed in the Field
Let it be said that I have no problem leaving a spider of any type un-named. I have no problem leaving them anywhere I am not going to be. But this interesting story caught my attention. The lack of taxonomists in the trade is starting to have visible effects.
Read MoreSpellcheck Fail
I assume that the spell-checking feature in most software application is driven by some kind of dictionary or other controlled vocabulary. The user can usually add to this list or import a custom dictionary, but the stock set of “acceptable” words comes standard. Now, I understand that different organizations call for different hyphenation usage standards, so I’m not usually surprised when I’m typing and it flags an otherwise perfectly cromulent1 hyphenated word.
Read MoreGoogle It
Google is out to revolutionize your writing and editing experience. From a writer’s perspective, that may be more difficult to do than they realize. The release of Thesaurus for Google Documents is designed to help you explore synonyms and antonyms while in Google Docs. So if you are looking for that ambiguous term that no one else will know what it means just to prove your superior intellect, this just might be the revolution you are looking for. They have added some new features including multi-language support.
Read MoreTechnical Thesaurus Manager Position Available
We are always excited to share with our readers career opportunities in the world of taxonomy, metadata, and semantic technology. Even if you aren’t in the market for a career move, it is good to stay on top of what is available and how the fields are changing.
Read MoreMaking SharePoint Work For You
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New Financial Taxonomy Available for Review
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) recently released the proposed 2015 GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy for public review and comment. The deadline to submit written comments is October 31, 2014.
Read MoreNew Information Source Launched
SharePoint Reviews and IT Unity have joined forces to share the most up-to-date information about what’s going on in the SharePoint and Office 365 communities. IT Unity Communiqué has been launched. With this new newsletter, you will learn about the latest innovations and solutions with content from trusted and expert voices in the community.
Read MoreTaxonomy of Artistic Value
Whether you prefer him as Dirty Harry, Josey Wales or silent behind the camera powerfully directing Hilary Swank and Gene Hackman, Clint Eastwood is a taxonomy unto himself. One can take a unique approach to categorizing things, depending on what is your purpose.
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