By Melody Smith|May 27th, 20132013-05-27T10:53:57-04:00
EBSCO and Data-Planet have reached an agreement that will put statistical DataSheetsthat within a discovery service. This growing collection of more than 5,000 summary-level data records from Data-Planet will be available within EBSCO Discovery Service allowing mutual customers to link directly to Data-Planet DataSheets.
By Melody Smith|May 27th, 20132013-05-27T10:55:36-04:00
Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Search is the evaluation of enterprise search software. A group of analyst evaluate different providers based on criteria such as market penetration, ingenuity, and strength of implementation. Those being evaluated are then placed in one of four categories: Challengers, Leaders, Visionaries, and Niche Players. Mindbreeze was one of those being evaluated and they were categorized as "challengers".
By Melody Smith|May 24th, 20132013-05-23T18:27:06-04:00
AvePoint has made available the DocAve File Share Navigator 3.0, which has enhanced performance and support for Microsoft SharePoint 2013.
By Melody Smith|May 23rd, 20132013-05-26T16:56:35-04:00
You know my fascination with unique applications of taxonomies. What you don't know is how much of a sci-fi fan my husband is. So if I failed to report on this little gem, well, I might have to sleep on your couch for awhile. As the third story in a multi-part series on taxonomy and speciation, this look at the infamous tricorder and how it relates to taxonomies, is an interesting read.
By Melody Smith|May 23rd, 20132013-05-22T21:30:34-04:00
Coveo is the recipient of the Technology Services Industry Association (TSIA) TechFUTURES "Audience Favorite" Award for spring 2013. This honor was given for their discussion about the future of knowledge and content management on May 8 at the Technology Services World (TSW) 2013 Best Practices conference in Santa Clara.
By Melody Smith|May 22nd, 20132013-05-21T23:39:23-04:00
Algebraix Data Corporation has launched an automated implementation of Schema.org. Algebrize is a cost-effective, W3C compliant Software as a Service (SaaS). Website owners can realize increased traffic and conversion rates with semantic technology at work.
By Melody Smith|May 21st, 20132013-05-21T00:12:07-04:00
The geniuses at the Personal Robotics Lab at Carnegie Mellon University are working to humanize the movements and behavior of a personal-assistant robot. They want their robot to learn to recognize objects all by itself, as "naturally" as humans. Semantic Web brought this news to our attention in their article, "New Robot Has Semantic Learning Capabilities."
By Melody Smith|May 21st, 20132013-05-21T00:01:50-04:00
This second robot-related story is right out of Star Trek and seems way too fictional to be true, but there are folks working on how to make an android that would look, talk, and respond like the character Dick from the 1982 novel, “We Can Build You.”
By Melody Smith|May 20th, 20132013-05-19T20:57:22-04:00
We know of one Sanskrit thesaurus, the Amarakosha (Treasury or Dictionary of Amara), written by Buddhist scholar Amara Simha around 375 or 400 AD. Interestingly, it was written in verse. (The only other terminology in verse I can think of offhand is the one-L lama one by Ogden Nash, but I don’t think that bears comparison to the Amarakosha.)
By Melody Smith|May 20th, 20132013-05-19T22:40:06-04:00
This interesting use, or not, of semantic technology caught my attention. Sometimes the accuracy of semantic analysis is in question and the topic in this specific situation could create even more suspicion. The students and professors at Humboldt State University avoided that by reading each of the 150,000 geo-coded tweets to produce a map revealing geographic differences in hate speech regarding, homophobia, racism, and specially-challenged topics.
