Department of Defense to the Rescue
Though semantic technology has become much more common in and out of the IT world, it is still ones of those terms that can cause you to lose your audience very quickly. The Defense Department thought so too, so they created an explanation of semantic technology using a brief video to address ontologies, natural language processing, etc. Did I lose you again? Just watch this.
Read MoreStandards and Taxonomy – Nice Match
The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) has released a draft taxonomy of the cybersecurity workforce and it shows functions divided into seven broad categories of jobs – securely provision, operate and maintain, protect and defend, investigate, operate and collect, analyze, and support.
Read MoreThe Security of Your Image Data
With the increased ownership and usage of mobile phones with cameras, images have become the new data. Almost as common as text based metadata, visual imagery are potentially valuable digital assets.
Read MoreNISO Releases New Publication
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) announced the publication of a new Recommended Practice, ESPReSSO: Establishing Suggested Practices Regarding Single Sign-On (NISO RP-11-2011).
Read MoreThe Challenges of Music Taxonomy
Classification in music continues to be complicated. Musical taxonomy is challenging as even the most disconnected and isolated genres manage to refer to each other. Look at Wikipedia to the various genres and you will find even more genres and sub-genres, with ironic mash-up names.
Read MoreNew Partnership Working on Standards
The computer industry standards organization OMG and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) are working together on standards development, conferences and other resources.
Read MoreProper Coding Requires Training
Med-Line School of Medical Transcription has launched a medical coding training program called the Coding Bridge Program. Considering the changing health care industry right now, the name seems appropriate.
Read MoreNIST Addresses Smart Grid Standards
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recommends a common semantical understanding of data elements to implement the Smart Grid. In draft version 2.0 of its framework and roadmap for Smart Grid interoperability standards, NIST proposed a conceptual model of the Smart Grid. A Smart Grid truly operating as envisioned is heavily dependent on the consistency of semantic models.
Read MoreIs Semantic Web A Reality?
The IC3K, 3rd International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management brought together researchers, engineers and practitioners on the areas of Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management.
Read MoreWhen will it be finished?
Is it final? Finally! I recall Rex Harrison playing Pope Julius II, shouting up to Charlton Heston as Michelangelo, something like, “When will it be finished?” To which Michelangelo-Heston replied enigmatically, “When I’m done!” Michelangelo spent most of five years (1477 to 1480) on his back painting the Sistine Chapel. The Pope’s impatience was not without justification as he was financing the project while trying to recapture former Papal territories filched by the Borgias.
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