The Chicken or the Egg?
We often think of a computer as the laborious mechanism under or on our desk that provides access to our information sources and the […]
July 2015
Humanity in the Digital World
By admin|July 28th, 20152015-07-27T21:24:35-04:00
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) is offering a unique and interesting learning experience. The NFAIS Humanities Roundtable 2015, sponsored by the American Theological […]
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Semantic Technology Can Be the Best Choice
By admin|July 28th, 20152015-07-27T21:16:19-04:00
Ontology Systems (“Ontology”) is working with the United Kingdom Government Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to apply their graph-data and semantic modeling […]
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Everything Goes Every Place It Fits
By admin|July 27th, 20152015-07-26T14:20:33-04:00
The traditional taxonomy is monohierarchical – there is one and only one place for every term. This is only sensible for many purposes; no […]
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Time for Camp
By admin|July 27th, 20152015-07-26T14:06:39-04:00
Taxonomies can be powerful tools when developed properly and by professionals. This year’s Taxonomy Boot Camp is about highlighting taxonomy’s many faces and sharing […]
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The Tightening of Data Security
By Melody Smith|July 24th, 20152015-07-23T22:13:36-04:00
Security in technology and data is rapidly becoming a top priority, and rightly so. The massive hack of background check records at the Office of […]
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The Design of Standards
By Melody Smith|July 24th, 20152015-07-23T21:58:26-04:00
There is a need for standards in everything. Now there is a world standard for capturing and conveying the knowledge that robots possess. This interesting […]
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Expressing Culture in Coffee Classification
By Melody Smith|July 23rd, 20152015-07-22T21:59:55-04:00
It is always interesting to me when I find taxonomies of interesting and unusual topics. Even if they aren’t true taxonomies, they are typically […]
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Search What?
By Melody Smith|July 23rd, 20152015-07-22T21:55:29-04:00
Semantic search isn’t new. We have all experienced it, whether we realized it at the time or not. Google continues to put more priority on […]
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Artificial Intelligence in the Social Media Realm
By admin|July 22nd, 20152015-07-21T22:42:36-04:00
Twitter is making artificial intelligence efforts a priority. They are seeking experts to fill out a new team called ‘Cortex.’ Business Insider brought this […]
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