Flexible Technology is the Key

Enterprise content management (ECM) software needs to be as flexible as any other technology on the market. Hyland Software’s ECM solution, OnBase, is a good example of this with their expanded core functionality of intelligent imaging and capture, and a platform that can be leveraged for building data-driven applications. Add to that the increasing opportunities for it to be offered in a mobile-enabled environment.

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New Database Uses Colorful Taxonomy

Leadership Directories has branched out into health care with Health Focus, its first online database covering a particular industry. Health Focus holds information on 150,000 leaders and 8,000 organizations across the U.S. health care industry.

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Scope Scoops Up New Project

Scope eKnowledge Center (Scope), India, has announced that it has been selected by ASTM International for its subject matter expert (SME)-curated knowledge mining and indexing services.

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Connecting Taxonomies

I’ve been asked if taxonomies can be connected. The thinking was, if these taxonomies are standardized, or at least mostly standardized, it seems that there should be a way that taxonomies can be connected in various organizational systems.

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Unobvious Use for a Taxonomy

It isn’t an obvious connection between beer and taxonomy development, but it is there if you give it more thought. The world’s most comprehensive beer taxonomy is now bigger than ever. A new poster design features 89 varieties of beer with over 200 representative quaffs, including glassware recommendations for each variety, and covers six square feet with beer-soaked information.

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Interdisciplinary Taxonomies

People need to decide when they are building their taxonomy if they have one point of origin or if they are interdisciplinary. Some firms start with a one-point path; it is that path and that path alone that drives the firm. They have a single point of origin. They will need to clearly state term relationships, which is not always done.

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Taxonomies At Work in Social Media Marketing

As advertisers are navigating the world of social media, many don’t get the possibilities that abound; but every once in a while a brand gets it right. Pandora managed to create socially relevant content of genuine interest to the consumers and use appropriate advertising on social media and search sites.

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