Don’t Miss the Data Harmony Users Group Meeting – February 18-20, 2013
The Data Harmony Users Group meeting is almost a month away. Here is some logistical information for attendees, as well as another sneak peek at content to tempt those who haven’t registered yet.
Read MoreThe Countdown Continues
It is now 2013 and that means healthcare providers will be ramping up their efforts to prepare for the ICD-10 coding classification transition scheduled for October 1, 2014. Providers are scrambling to be prepared in all ways.
Read MoreWorking Well Together
The semantic web is being used for many types of organizations and for many applications. In the retail world, it is being developed to optimize the process. By creating ontologies that serve as a reference for the data found on the internet, semantic technology can create comprehensive evaluations for customers and business owners.
Read MoreSearch Engines and Related Tools
A search engine is different from search software. The terms are used interchangeably by people, but they are not the same. Search software is an application – a bunch of codes – and a search engine is a collection of servers with a lot of data on it that is indexing the Internet and delivering it by HTML pages to customers. It is doing that by spidering around to get the information, usually from those metaname headers, and now increasingly from full text and putting that information up and comparing it, searching it. You all have some idea of how Google, Lycos, Bing, and all those other ones work, so you know what happens here. Again, a search engine is different from search software.
Read MoreWebinar Addresses Metadata
A webinar is being offered by the Associated Press to those in the publishing world who might have interest rich semantic metadata and more importantly, how they might be able to leverage said data to their benefit.
Read MoreFinancial Concerns Around ICD-10
As October 1, 2014 approaches, many are working hard preparing for the ICD-9 to ICD-10 coding classification transition. To not be ready would put HIPAA-covered healthcare organizations in a dire position – one without operating capital. Noncompliance would prohibit them from billing for services rendered.
Read MoreGetting Personal
Automation is a good thing, or even a great thing. With the onslaught of metadata being created every moment of every day, automated indexing and storage for findability later is more than a great thing. Having said that, don’t be surprised when we acknowledge that sometimes automation is not the solution. Gasp, I know!
Read MorePaper and Digital Paper
OCLC WorldShare Metadata collection management functionality has been launched to offer more efficient ways for libraries to manage electronic resources and improve user access.
Read MoreHuman-Semantic Web Interaction Workshop Scheduled
Semantic web technologies continue to advance and offer new challenges for user interaction. In reaction to this, a unique workshop has been scheduled to address the challenges already present and potential future developments.
Read MoreA Spider Named After Indiana Jones
A jellyfish named Frank Zappa? An ape named John Cleese? A horsefly named Beyonce? Interestingly enough, it has become commonplace for scientists to name new species after celebrities. This practice in taxonomy is fun and surprisingly, the scientists do not need to seek permission from the namesakes.
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