December 2014

Passive Searching for KM Taxonomy Resources

By |December 1st, 2014

"The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot." 
(Michael Althsuler) In past blogs we’ve already looked at several ways to actively search the open web for taxonomy, thesaurus, and ontology resources. Today we’ll consider a few tools that enable passive – “set it and forget it” – searching. In these passive search methods, the searching doesn't require the user’s continuous and direct attention. This search strategy allows you to turn your attention elsewhere while the tool trawls the web for content that is of interest to you. Let’s consider…

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Freedom of Data

By |December 1st, 2014

Nine technological giants recently sent a letter to the United States Senate imploring the body to pass the USA Freedom Act. Giants such as Google, Microsoft, and Apple are speaking out against the massive data collection by the NSA and other agencies.

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November 2014

Enhanced Content

By |November 28th, 2014

Traditional records management has failed to meet the challenges of the digital era. Records management has to reach beyond the paper and move into the realm of true information governance. While records management has created a secure, centralized repository for documents with an audit trail, tracking and workflows, it still lacks the ease and efficiency of comprehensive search.

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Handling Metadata

By |November 28th, 2014

Between the metadata scandal with the National Security Agency (NSA) and the latest computer virus, phishing scam, or cyber warfare theory, online data is in more and more danger. Organizations are weary and consumers are fearful. This pervasive distrust can result in startling financial ruins.

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Harnessing the Power of Semantics

By |November 27th, 2014

Legal entity identifiers are a form of semantic data. The lack of legal entity identifiers is partly at fault for the failure of investment banking firms in 2008 and after. The vital data was lacking when crucial business decisions needed to be made by organizations. Accessing risk exposure was compromised and the fallout was harsh.

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Using the Right Tools

By |November 27th, 2014

Among the many metadata management tools on the market today, configuration management databases (CMDBs) and service-oriented architecture (SOA) repositories are some of the most familiar. These tools seek to automate the collection and dissemination of policy-related metadata in hopes of automating policy enforcement. This is an important part of the automated governance critical to achieving business agility.

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The Perfect Gift

By |November 26th, 2014

Have you started your Christmas shopping yet? The book, Cultural Heritage Ethics: Between Theory and Practice, would be very relevant to the development of cultural and historical taxonomies and thesauri. The way the terms are chosen and organized can have a strong effect on people's perception of cultures and historical events. So for the history buff or word geek on your shopping list, this might just be what you, or they, need.

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Working Together

By |November 26th, 2014

Efficient records management systems are key for handling and locating your data. One county government in northwest England chose an electronic document and records management system (EDRMS) to deliver effective and efficient records management practices across all users.

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Making Careful Decisions

By |November 25th, 2014

Lexmark International’s Perceptive Software released their Interact 2.0 for Microsoft Dynamics AX, which allows users to locate content with ease and speed.

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Setting Up a Path

By |November 25th, 2014

Digirati and the Semantic Web Company (SWC) are joining together in a new services initiative to deliver semantic publishing solutions for specialist online publishers. The new partnership will bring solutions to managing traditional content managed websites and portals by creating a higher level of content findability.

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