Merging Art and Data
Harnessing the power of art, the Public Art Program of Albuquerque, New Mexico has been funding city-wide art on fire stations, libraries, and parks, with more […]
October 2012
Open Source Project Moves Closer to Completion
By Melody Smith|October 19th, 20122012-10-18T22:27:12-04:00
The Apache Software Foundation recently announced that Apache Stanbol is moving on up in the project status. Stanbol is an open source Java stack designed to interface with a content management system enhanced with semantic information.
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Mobile Upgrade Broadens Horizons
By Melody Smith|October 18th, 20122012-10-17T21:55:21-04:00
Are you familiar with T-Mobile’s Genius button? When pushed, it allows you to issue basic voice commands from calling or texting a contact to searching the web or Google Maps. Observers would say it was like Siri, but most users would disagree.
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Challenges of the Dictionary
By Melody Smith|October 18th, 20122012-10-17T21:53:50-04:00
American Heritage Dictionary recently published their fifth edition of what is known as the conservative dictionary. What is considered a conservative dictionary, you ask? It isn't because of its politics, it is due to the conservative usages it includes.
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Streamlining the ICD-10 Challenge
By Melody Smith|October 16th, 20122012-10-15T23:11:25-04:00
Healthcare providers are looking for ways to streamline the coding process during the ICD-10 coding classification system. The challenge of the transition includes the number of codes in the new ICD-10 system - five times the number of codes in the prior set.
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Social Media Forges Relationship with Law Enforcement
By Melody Smith|October 16th, 20122012-10-15T23:10:13-04:00
In a move that changes social media to another type of information source, Twitter has agreed to work with the Australian law enforcement in preserving metadata in particular instances, such as cyber bullying cases. This came after some accusations that Twitter was turning a blind eye to Australian law and not reacting appropriately to hostile messages.
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Access Innovations Announces Two Free Webinars This Month
By Melody Smith|October 15th, 20122012-10-15T23:08:25-04:00
Access Innovations, Inc. invites you to two free hour-long webinars this month as a continuation of the successful Discovery Tour Series. Join us on Monday, October 22, at 3 p.m. EDT and Tuesday, October 30, at 3 p.m. EDT to discover for yourself the software suite that is revolutionizing thesaurus building and content management as you know it.
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Historical Cultural Data Being Digitized
By Melody Smith|October 12th, 20122012-10-28T19:30:29-04:00
Culture and online are two words rarely used together, but recently the European Parliament voted through a directive that allows anyone to access ‘orphan works’ – cultural works for which no copyright owner can be located. In addition to this, the digital portal Europeana has offered to freely reuse the metadata associated with its 20 million digitized cultural objects.
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Managing Healthcare Data Has Its Challenges
By Melody Smith|October 11th, 20122013-08-08T15:50:25-04:00
Certify Data Systems has released its next generation HealthLogix HIE platform. This solution delivers on the promise of an aggregated patient view from all healthcare encounters across the community.
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Semantic Search Technology Speeds Up
By Melody Smith|October 11th, 20122012-09-30T22:49:24-04:00
TextWise has made available V1.7 One-Click Findability on salesforce.com's AppExchange. Their semantic search technology enables users to migrate data with a never before known speed.
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