Emoticons Can’t Testify
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.
Read MoreScope Scoops Up New Project
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.
Read MoreElsevier Releases New Tool
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.
Read MoreIndexing Needs A Solid Taxonomy
The National and University Library of Slovenia has adopted EBSCO’s Discovery Service (EDS) to index their library resources into a single, searchable catalog.
Read MoreMarkLogic Passes Conformance Test
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.
Read MoreConnecting Taxonomies
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.
Read MoreUnobvious Use for a Taxonomy
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.
Read MoreAnother Social Network?
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.
Read MoreAutomation is a Good Thing
A new partnership of Alfresco and Ephesoft will combine enterprise content management and cloud-ready capture. This will be a significant change as most capture technologies have not been given the benefit of automation. This new automated work flow element will help to capture processes. Documents that have been captured electronically via the use of imaging will be also provided improved intelligence.
Read MoreSharePoint 2010 Used to Improve Efficiency
Northridge Systems is partnering with Chatham County, Georgia to analyze, define, build and deploy a private judicial portal on the Microsoft SharePoint 2010 platform. This endeavor is expected to improve communication and data exchange within county court and law enforcement agencies and departments. The SharePoint-based solution will be known as the Eastern Judicial Circuit Data…
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