New Versions Available for Lucene Core and Solr
New versions of Lucene Core – Java-based indexing and search tool formerly known as Lucene Java - and Solr – an enterprise search server - are now available from the Apache Lucene project.
July 2011
Taxonomy Webinar Series – First One is Today
By Melody Smith|July 13th, 20112011-07-13T10:41:11-04:00
The SLA Taxonomy Division is presenting a webinar series - Leveraging Your Taxonomy - starting today and continuing 6 sessions on the second Wednesday of each month through December.
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Emoticons Can’t Testify
By Melody Smith|July 13th, 20112011-07-13T10:39:21-04:00
Eating your words just took on a whole new meaning. Whether you tweet, post on Facebook, or are active on the new Google+, it is important to remember that what is said, posted or received may be used in the course of court or arbitral proceedings.
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Scope Scoops Up New Project
By Melody Smith|July 13th, 20112011-07-13T10:38:07-04:00
Scope eKnowledge Center (Scope), India, has announced that it has been selected by ASTM International for its subject matter expert (SME)-curated knowledge mining and indexing services.
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Elsevier Releases New Tool
By Melody Smith|July 12th, 20112011-07-12T10:20:50-04:00
Elsevier has released a new tool within its management solution SciVal Experts. This new tool seamlessly links opportunities with SciVal Funding, which is their funding intelligence solution delivering targeted recommendations for funding opportunities and providing suggestions regarding potential collaborators for awards.
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Indexing Needs A Solid Taxonomy
By Melody Smith|July 12th, 20112011-07-12T10:19:45-04:00
The National and University Library of Slovenia has adopted EBSCO's Discovery Service (EDS) to index their library resources into a single, searchable catalog.
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MarkLogic Passes Conformance Test
By Melody Smith|July 12th, 20112011-07-12T10:18:00-04:00
MarkLogic has received the U.S. Government’s stamp of approval. MarkLogic Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS) Integration Backbone (DIB) Metadata Catalog v2 is conformant with the DIB 2.0 service specifications. Successful completion of conformance testing means that MarkLogic is a suitable alternative to the current relational database management system (RDBMS) DCGS implementation.
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Connecting Taxonomies
By Melody Smith|July 11th, 20112011-07-17T18:31:41-04:00
I’ve been asked if taxonomies can be connected. The thinking was, if these taxonomies are standardized, or at least mostly standardized, it seems that there should be a way that taxonomies can be connected in various organizational systems.
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Unobvious Use for a Taxonomy
By Melody Smith|July 11th, 20112011-07-10T15:27:51-04:00
It isn’t an obvious connection between beer and taxonomy development, but it is there if you give it more thought. The world’s most comprehensive beer taxonomy is now bigger than ever. A new poster design features 89 varieties of beer with over 200 representative quaffs, including glassware recommendations for each variety, and covers six square feet with beer-soaked information.
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Another Social Network?
By Melody Smith|July 11th, 20112011-07-10T15:25:26-04:00
Google+ has not overtaken social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, but it is turning heads. Already hundreds of Facebook users from India are on Google+ via a beta testing phase.
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