Term lists
Knowledge Organization Systems
I attended the 2010 meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) in Pittsburgh. There were quite a few papers and posters I found aligned with taxonomies and the whole area of linked data, semantic implementations and the Dublin Core. The DC-2010 conference, sponsored by the Dublin Core Metadata
Initiative (DCMI), was held immediately prior to ASIS&T in the same hotel so the over lap in participants and programming was spot on for my interests. The ASIS&T annual meeting is the main venue for disseminating research centered on advances in the information sciences and related applications of information technology. It has veered heavily into usability for the last few years and this change back to mainline information science was refreshing!
Internet Titles – A Who’s Who Explanation
The internet isn’t new, but for some navigating sites with ease doesn’t come easy. For those who have it mastered, they fly like the wind across links and sitemaps. But who are the people behind the scenes making your daily navigation a snap?
Read MoreStretching Taxonomy in a Social Way
We read with interest “A Revised Taxonomy of Social Networking Data.” In the last month, the arguments in the article have provided a framework for thinking about the amount of the information flowing through Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and other social media conduits.
Read MoreA New Thesaurus for Online Scholarly Publications
Access Innovations, Inc. and the American Institute of Physics announce a new thesaurus for online scholarly publications that allows automatic indexing of peer-reviewed articles and enhanced online publication search.
Read MoreField by Any Other Name
July 26, 2010 — In one of the chatty podcasts about software engineering, one of the commentators pointed out that metadata was one of the most critical aspects of information governance. We agree. The chatter continued and another podcast voice mentioned that there was a relationship between database field names and metadata. I realized that…
Read MoreBuilding a Keyword List
June 3, 2010 – One of the methods we use to build a keyword list requires good, old-fashioned research. In the days of 4×6 notecards, library time was an essential first step. We recently learned about a shortcut that is rumored to be popular among some of the search engine optimization specialists. We wanted to…
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