Governing and Finding Data
Information governance is a term becoming more familiar and frequent with each passing day. Few will argue the point that new sources of information […]
May 2015
To Cap or Not to Cap?
By Melody Smith|May 18th, 20152015-05-17T16:15:59-04:00
Every once in a while, the issue of capitalization in taxonomies and thesauri pops up. Some of us in taxonomy land believe that it does make a difference what capitalization (versus lower case) style you use. We just don’t necessarily agree what that style should be.
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Easy Learning
By admin|May 18th, 20152015-05-17T16:04:08-04:00
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) is offering an interesting webinar with the title, "Webinar: Fast Times for Information: Re-Calibrating Roles and Responsibilities." This event is scheduled for Thursday, May 21st at 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. EST.
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A Color By Any Other Name
By Melody Smith|May 15th, 20152015-05-14T21:55:29-04:00
I consider myself a creative person, and not just with words. I like to design graphically, decorate my home, make homemade gifts and cards, and then there is the whole culinary arts thing. I am a total foodie. I used to say the perfect job would be to assign the name of paint colors, i.e. smoked salmon, sandy beach, sky crystal, etc. Just like words, there is a thesaurus for many different shapes and colors. If you need assistance in naming those colors, know that there is a thesaurus for that. Ingrid Sundberg, a writer and children’s book illustrator, created a unique infographic chart for anyone struggling with color names or for writers who are looking for a variety to choose from.
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Networking Opportunities
By Melody Smith|May 13th, 20152015-05-12T21:46:16-04:00
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) are offering some educational and networking opportunities next month.
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Word Generations
By Melody Smith|May 13th, 20152015-05-12T21:41:06-04:00
History is more than informative and educational; it can also be very interesting. Some readers won’t be shocked at this notion, but some will.
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Accessing the Clouds
By Melody Smith|May 12th, 20152015-05-11T22:25:41-04:00
The cloud has become a daily part of our nomenclature. It is the infinite storage location, easy to access archive, and secure hideaway of data. With this kind of prominence comes competition.
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Access Innovations, Inc. Releases Data Harmony® Version 3.10
By Melody Smith|May 11th, 20152015-05-10T16:54:50-04:00
The Data Harmony Suite provides content management solutions to improve information organization by systematically applying a taxonomy or thesaurus in total integration, with patented content extraction methods. MAIstro™, the award-winning flagship software module of the Data Harmony product line, combines Thesaurus Master® (for taxonomy creation and maintenance) with M.A.I.™ (Machine Aided Indexer) for interactive text analysis and better subject tagging. XIS® (XML Intranet System) offers powerful content management and metadata creation tools and completes the Data Harmony Suite.
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Ontologies Bring Consistency to the Project
By Melody Smith|May 11th, 20152015-05-10T16:50:44-04:00
The Pistoia Alliance is a global, not-for-profit alliance of life science organizations that work together to lower barriers to innovation in research and development (R&D). They recently announced the start of a new Ontologies Mapping project.
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Semantic Advancements
By Melody Smith|May 8th, 20152015-05-07T21:49:59-04:00
Expert System is known for their semantic technology advancements. Now, with a new partnership with MongoDB to integrate its Cogito semantic technology with MongoDB powered big data environments, users can quickly and accurately access unstructured data.
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