Standardizing Data Integration
There is a lot of talk about big data, what it is, how to manage it and where to store it. At its core, big data is metadata and integrating it requires an experienced professional.
May 2012
Data as Science
By Melody Smith|May 10th, 20122012-05-09T22:58:32-04:00
Scientists are more involved these days in discovering connections with the aid of data than traditional laboratory methods. However, large datasets can pose some difficulties, especially with integration. In scientific research circles, it can be a challenge to confirm the existence of data to correlate.
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Musical Access
By Melody Smith|May 10th, 20122012-05-09T22:53:19-04:00
HP recently announced that fans now have never before access to Paul McCartney’s new portal destination, www.paulmccartney.com , which hosts the musician’s vast digital library of music, lyrics, photos, collections, merchandise, blogs and more.
Open Source Project Looks to the Future
By Melody Smith|May 9th, 20122012-05-08T23:13:36-04:00
The Force11 project (the Future of Research Communication and e-Scholarship) describes itself as a community of scholars, librarians, archivists, publishers, and research funders. Their vision could be considered ambitious in that they look to a future in which scientific information and scholarly communication more generally become part of a global, universal, and explicit network of knowledge.
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Taxonomies Simplify Data
By Melody Smith|May 9th, 20122012-05-08T23:12:57-04:00
There were many articles and posts over the past year about search, semantic technology and the clouds. 2011 was a busy year in the world of technology. One topic caught the attention of some more than others – integration and what it means to users.
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Ontologies and Semantic Technology
By Melody Smith|May 9th, 20122012-05-08T23:12:06-04:00
Webnodes has released a new version of their .Net semantic content management system. This latest release features semantic e-commerce, several new mobile features, and support for ASP.Net MVC.
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Crowdsourcing Research
By Melody Smith|May 8th, 20122012-05-07T23:07:45-04:00
One recent report has identified some modern challenges facing physical science researchers. The report was commissioned by the Research Information Network (RIN), the Institute of Physics (IOP), IOP Publishing (IOPP), and the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS).
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Retail Social Media
By Melody Smith|May 8th, 20122012-05-07T23:06:03-04:00
Walmart has acquired a social start-up, OneRiot, for their Walmart Labs unit where they join another kindred spirit, Kosmix, Both of these acquisitions were done in an effort to analyze and understand the massive amounts of data coming in from social networks and sites.
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Natural Language Processing Only Goes So Far
By Melody Smith|May 7th, 20122012-05-06T22:41:17-04:00
The sirens call of natural language processing has been issued again. In this study, the researchers compared the use for free text searches to administrative codes to see which would give better indication of safety based on 20 indicators. The authors rightly suggest that instead of relying only on the notoriously poor check boxes used with discharge orders that the hand written notes form the discharge nurse or physician might be much more instructive.
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Searching History
By Melody Smith|May 7th, 20122012-05-06T22:35:29-04:00
History buffs will surely be happy about this latest news. A searchable, full historical archive of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (PTRS) is now available online at no charge. You too can view a PDF copy of Newton’s first letter to PTRS (on color theory), as well as Franklin’s description of the kite-in-lightening-storm experiment.
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