By Melody Smith|August 25th, 20102010-08-25T12:07:37-04:00
The original vision for the semantic web was that digital information would be just as readable and understandable to a person or to a machine. Some software currently has a limited understanding of simple metadata. But there seems to be a log jam in the semantic world.
By Melody Smith|August 25th, 20102013-07-22T20:31:59-04:00
In this day and age of social media infiltrating every area of our lives, for good or bad, there is one area that has resisted this trend – books. Perhaps the last refuge from social media, many go to find shelter from the friending and tweeting in their comforting pages and worn binding. Unfortunately, this once solitary refuge is looking to join the social realm as companies like Copia and BookGlutton look to jump on board.
By Melody Smith|August 25th, 20102010-08-26T11:34:43-04:00
Metadata is defined as data providing information about one or more other pieces of data. Metadata has been used in various forms as a means of cataloging archived information. A perfect example of metadata usage is the Dewey Decimal System that has been employed by libraries for years for the indexing of books.
By Melody Smith|August 24th, 20102010-08-23T12:44:17-04:00
Open Text Content Analytics engine that intelligently extracts meaning, sentiment and context from content.
By Melody Smith|August 24th, 20102010-08-25T12:01:17-04:00
What is a library without books? Paper books, that is. Some call it progress, others are in dismay, but Stanford University’s Engineering Library has gone digital.
By Melody Smith|August 24th, 20102010-08-20T12:05:23-04:00
August 24, 2010 – Index Engines was recently awarded patents in the United States and also Europe.
According to Digital Producer’s article, “Index Engines Data […]
By Melody Smith|August 23rd, 20102010-08-20T12:04:20-04:00
One result of the Internet's rapid growth has been a huge increase in the amount of information generated and shared by organizations in almost every industry and sector. A side effect of that is the huge amount of unstructured data produced and unmanaged.
By Melody Smith|August 23rd, 20102010-08-30T21:47:50-04:00
We are often asked for help in calculating the potential return on investment (ROI) of investing in a taxonomy. How this calculation is done depends on the type of organization and who will be the users of the taxonomy. For any content-intensive organization, using a taxonomy increases findability, which in turn leads to greater utility and value for the organization’s content assets. Within the enterprise, this translates into hours and dollars saved by reducing the time required to find things, as well as the time and expense of redoing research or other work that can’t be found.
By Melody Smith|August 23rd, 20102013-07-22T20:32:19-04:00
Retrieving information from the internet comes in many forms. The most widely used comes via the usual search engines such as Google, MSN, and Yahoo. How would you like your own personal social search engine?
By Melody Smith|August 20th, 20102010-08-20T11:34:02-04:00
Managed Metadata Service application was tagged as the most important new service application in SharePoint Server 2010.
