By Melody Smith|June 14th, 20132013-06-13T22:11:34-04:00
Remember last year when Google released the Knowledge Graph and everyone was buzzing about what that meant for the future of semantic technology? Well, now is the future; how did it affect you? This interesting topic was found on Search Engine Journal in their article, "Semantic Web: Are You Taking Advantage of Semantic Search?"
By Melody Smith|June 13th, 20132013-06-12T23:07:29-04:00
World Standards Week (WSW) shines a light on those who have made significant contributions to their industry, their nation, and the enhancement of the global standards system. The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has issued a call for nominations for its 2013 Leadership and Service Awards, which will be presented in conjunction with WSW. The awards, presented in conjunction with World Standards Week (WSW) 2013.
By Melody Smith|June 13th, 20132013-06-16T17:32:59-04:00
Web 3.0 is often quoted as the semantic web and the next phase of the Internet. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) seeks to convert the current web of unstructured and semi-structured data into a web of data, where it will be possible to easily share and re-use data across application, community and enterprise boundaries.
By Melody Smith|June 13th, 20132013-06-12T23:04:43-04:00
It is the topic of the day - data mining. Who is doing it, why are they doing it, and why should we care?
By Melody Smith|June 12th, 20132013-06-11T23:03:52-04:00
Be Informed and CACI have come together to launch a new government software as a service (SaaS) platform. The platform was announced recently at the SemTechBiz Conference.
By Melody Smith|June 12th, 20132013-06-11T23:03:03-04:00
Intelligent search delivers results based on users’ social media activity. Veveo has been awarded four new patents by the United States Patent and Trademark Office to improve search experiences in the context of current usability trends around social, device based universal search, or semantic and intelligent searching capabilities. This interesting topic was found on TV Technology in their article, “Veveo Adds Four Patents for Semantic Technologies Advancing Usability in Connected Devices.”
By Melody Smith|June 11th, 20132013-06-10T22:37:04-04:00
Elsevier has announced an investment in a new online platform and management system for its 500+ health, medical and life sciences journal-branded custom websites. The new online platform will provide improved search results accuracy, a more robust editorial tool to create topical article collections, and an improved reading experience for visitors using mobile devices.
By Melody Smith|June 11th, 20132013-06-10T22:34:40-04:00
Vinton Cerf is considered one of the geniuses, or computer scientists, who turned on the Internet in 1983. Imagine the amount of data created since that time and you wouldn't think much would be lost or unreachable in the future. But he disagrees. Cerf warned that digital things created today -- spreadsheets, documents, presentations as well as mountains of scientific data -- won't be readable in the years and centuries ahead.
By Melody Smith|June 10th, 20132013-06-12T18:32:23-04:00
Search is such a wonderful and widely debated issue. To me there are three main kinds of search and each is accomplished in different ways. Assume that we have an article indexed with the terms appropriate to the content of that article. These terms are specific to the content, the terms applied are not broad categories unless the article itself is broad. we put limits in the rule base on broad terms so they do not get over productive in search results.
By Melody Smith|June 10th, 20132013-06-10T18:27:49-04:00
In a world that is moving so fast technology-wise, it is impossible to predict what will be needed or used in a decade, score, or even a year. People and organizations employ new technologies in creative and unanticipated ways. Unexpected developments often give new technologies their greatest value.
