By Melody Smith|April 26th, 20112011-04-25T11:34:35-04:00
The Multilingua Universal Decimal Classification Summary project, containing an abridged schedule of over 2000 classes with notes and examples, continues to progress with 40 languages online, some completely translated and others in various stages of translation.
By Melody Smith|April 25th, 20112011-04-25T11:31:44-04:00
The Wall Street Journal on April 19, 2011 talked about the need for customer name authority control in banks. Okay, so maybe that is not what they said. What they did outline was the problem Arabic names and the many ways to state them gives to banks and other organizations which try to track the information or put a hold on funds for organizations like the example, Moammar Gadhafi. Also know as many other names. His first name could be transliterated as Muammar, Mummar, Mohamed Mahmut, Mehmud and more than 20 other variants. The same goes last name could be Gaddafi, Ghathafi, Elkaddafi, El-Kaddafi, Al-Gaddafi, Gadhafi, Qaddafi, Al-Qadhafi, El-Qaddfi, Qadhafi, Abu Miryar Al-Qahafi, Ghadaffi, and others. Any combination of these names is valid. There are further complications of the Abu or Al or El and other designations of honor make things even more interesting.
By Melody Smith|April 25th, 20112011-04-25T11:22:07-04:00
Whether you prefer dark chocolate over milk chocolate, briefs over boxers, or the Stones over the Beatles, the personality test is the perfect example of categorization in its truest form.
By Melody Smith|April 25th, 20112011-04-25T11:19:45-04:00
As of April 2011 the DOI System has now assigned over 51 Million DOI Names. The DOI System currently is used by over 4,000 naming authorities (assigners). Around 100 million DOI resolutions are made each month.
By Melody Smith|April 22nd, 20112011-04-22T11:34:21-04:00
Texting may be faster, more efficient and mostly gets the job done. But the slippery slope of bad grammar we have taken from emails to texting has taken away all quality of writing and content. Using the smallest number of letters to get your message across does not equal writing.
By Melody Smith|April 22nd, 20112011-04-22T11:32:43-04:00
Everyone seems to be addressing the challenges of data - managing it, handling it, storing it. However, for startups that challenge is even more daunting.
By Melody Smith|April 22nd, 20112011-04-22T11:31:40-04:00
There has been a long time competition, war, or some battle of sorts between website usability and search engine optimization. Each side argues that they know best how to make web pages findable in search engines. The irony? They are both right.
By Melody Smith|April 21st, 20112011-04-22T11:30:15-04:00
WalMart Stores has acquired Kosmix, a technology firm which searches and analyzes social media connections in real-time to deliver customized feedback to users.
By Melody Smith|April 21st, 20112011-04-22T11:25:42-04:00
Google Earth Builder will serve up data from businesses and government agencies to the World.
By Melody Smith|April 21st, 20112011-04-22T11:24:45-04:00
LocalResponse launches its long-awaited public beta of their new tool that allows business owners to respond to their customers to drive transactions. Localresponse.com allows businesses to track their consumers in real time by organizing, indexing and prioritizing various location-based services.
