The Sky is Falling
Day two of Data Harmony Users Group (DHUG) was kicked off with Dr. Moriba Jah from the University of Arizona and Director, Space Object Behavioral Sciences at the Air Force Research Laboratory. Dr. Jah started the session by talking trash. As an astrodynamicist with expertise in quantifying, assessing, and predicting the behavior of objects in…
Read MoreNew Publishing Platform Version Released
RSI Content Solutions recently released the availability of RSuite 5, their next generation publishing solution based on the MarkLogic platform. This interesting information came from PRWeb in their article, “RSI Content Solutions Launches New Version of its Award-Winning RSuite Publishing Solution.” This latest version provides a more integrated user experience to efficiently create and manage all types of digital content. They…
Read MoreVisualizing Your Data
Data visualization is the presentation of data in a pictorial or graphical format. It enables decision makers to see analytics presented visually, so they can grasp difficult concepts or identify new patterns. Visualizing complex data can be a challenge but also offers unique opportunities to direct perception without drowning in spreadsheets, numbers and queries. At…
Read MoreCall for Papers – Taxonomy Boot Camp
Taxonomy Boot Camp 2016 will focus on taxonomy methodologies inspired by a range of disciplines, including cognitive science, data management, and user experience design. Learn more about diverse practical approaches that will improve your taxonomy development and implementation skills. This year’s theme is “Beyond Awareness: Honing the Craft.” This year’s boot camp will be November…
Read MoreMedical Image Database Launched
Writers, researchers, publishers, bloggers and many other fields will find this new tool very useful. This interesting information came to us from InfoDocket in their article, “National Library of Medicine Launches MedPix, a Database of Free Medical Images.” The National Library of Medicine has launched MedPix, a free online medical image database originally developed by the Departments of…
Read MoreUsing Semantics in Governance
Data governance requires a standards-based, semantic approach. Datanami brought us this information in their article, “A Semantic Approach to Big Data Governance.” Big data is responsible for bringing organizations to the realization that the practical value of semantics enable them to maintain and improve governance principles over unruly unstructured and semi-structured data. Semantic technologies play a…
Read MoredataCloud, LLC and Access Innovations, Inc. Launch Semantics-Based Big Data Solution
dataCloud, LLC and Access Innovations, Inc. have teamed up to create Topic Seeker™, a semantics-based solution for big data. Topic Seeker analyzes text-based content and organizes it by topic, allowing publishers and other organizations to see changing trends in their respective fields, develop conference tracks based on current topic relevance, and many other applications. “Analytics…
Read More12th Annual Data Harmony Users Group – This Week!
The 2016 Data Harmony Users Group (DHUG) meeting begins this week. It is both an exciting and busy time of the year here at Access Innovations and the 2016 gathering is going to be the best year yet. As usual, DHUG will bring our fantastic users together in one place for a few days of…
Read MoreGoogle Leadership Shuffle
Looking for a new job? Amit Singhal, Alphabet/Google’s senior vice president of search is retiring. This interesting news came to us from Seeking Alpha in their article, “Google’s search chief leaving; shares sell off day after post-earnings gains.” Singhal’s last day is scheduled to be February 26, 2016. John Giannandrea, an engineering vice president currently in charge of…
Read MoreDigging Deep into Hierarchy
Understanding polyhierarchy within taxonomies can be a challenge, but not an insurmountable one. This interesting information came from Heather Hedden’s blog, The Accidental Taxonomist, in the post titled, “Polyhierarchy in the SharePoint Term Store.” Polyhierarchy means a taxonomy term has more than one broader term or parent term. In a traditional hierarchical taxonomy structure, a term…
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