PLOS Launches Channels
The Public Library of Science (PLOS) supports scientific communities wanting to broadly distribute research in open and accessible ways with their latest innovation, PLOS Channels. STM Publishing News brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “PLOS Channels Provide A Scholarly Home for Research Communities.” Channels are resources for research communities. Each is a single…
Read MoreCombined Forces Improves Record Management
GE Aviation has acquired Critical Technologies, Inc., branded as AirVault®. They possess the expertise to digitally manage mission-critical records across an industrial supply chain network, which can strengthen GE’s ability to focus on asset lifecycle management and maintenance optimization for the aviation industry. Business Wire brought this information to our attention in their article, “GE Aviation Acquires…
Read MoreDigitally Consistent
Most would agree that having an enterprise data management strategy is vital for digital transformation. This interesting information came to us from MIS Asia in their article, “Why an enterprise data management strategy is vital for the digital age.” Strategy gives you a plan and a starting point. Even though most organizations have a data management strategy,…
Read MoreSemantics Plays a Role
In my family, there are several names beginning with “M” and it is inevitable when my mother calls for one, she usually goes through all the names before she gets to the one originally intended. It turns out there is a scientific reason for this humorous and sometimes frustrating error. This information came from the…
Read MoreWorking Together on Better Analytics
Business Wire and Agility PR Solutions recently announced a new partnership to provide communications professionals with enhanced distribution, monitoring and media analytics capabilities. This interesting news came to us from Comm Pro in their article, “Business Wire and Agility PR Solutions Announce New Strategic Partnership.” This new partnership will expand Business Wire’s set of communications tools by…
Read MoreLearn More About Machine Learning
DATAVERSITY brought this unique learning opportunity to our attention and we wanted to share it with you. Smart Data Webinar: Machine Learning – From Discovery to Understanding will present an overview of machine learning (ML) fundamentals and then show examples and a framework to identify opportunities for ML-enabled understanding. Science and engineering are complementary disciplines, and in…
Read MoreUsing Ontologies in Digital Manufacturing
The University of Buffalo and the Chicago-based Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII) are working together to implement a project designed to create and test work flow innovations using a standard vocabulary and set of categories, forming a suite of ontologies, to support digital manufacturing for a local technology and services innovator. This interesting news…
Read MoreCommunity Online Space Addresses Big Data
The academic publisher SAGE Publishing has relaunched its popular MethodSpace website, a free-entry online community with over 20,000 registered social and behavioural science researchers. Knowledge Speak brought this interesting information to us in their article, “SAGE Publishing relaunches MethodSpace with new Big Data Hub.” Among the many different topics, MethodSpace includes a hub focused on how…
Read MoreFinding the Value in Standards
The value of standards is about more than just messages. As the standards community rises to the challenges of semantic data, reference data, and metadata, the potential value of standards to business and information architects continues to escalate. FinExtra brought this information to our attention in their article, “Standards are more than messages.” The Standards Forum is…
Read MoreAccess Innovations Completes Pilot Project for the George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida
Access Innovations, Inc. was recently engaged by the George A. Smathers Libraries to help them define processes that can be used to identify and organize content for the Portal of Florida History, including the development and application of enhanced metadata using controlled vocabulary. A set of 25,000 digital and digitized University of Florida theses and dissertations were selected as…
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