April 2011

2011 Bio-IT World Conference to Feature Semantics

By |April 6th, 2011

Cambridge Semantics is presenting at the 2011 Bio-IT World Conference in Boston on April 14th. Vice President Steven Kludt will discuss how semantic technology and cloud computing can be leveraged in pharmaceutical and healthcare organizations to address specific data management challenges.

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Mega-Ontology Can Help Enhance Patient’s Healthcare Experience

By |April 5th, 2011

An extensive computer based glossary of healthcare terms gathered from multiple locations. Can you say ontology? This jackpot of information could only serve to improve the communication regarding and ultimately, care of the patient.

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A Move In Hopes of a Better Taxonomy

By |April 5th, 2011

The Mississippi Department of Transportation has replaced its legacy enterprise content management (ECM) system with a Microsoft SharePoint 2010 solution.

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Ontology-Based Semantics Bring Search Solutions

By |April 5th, 2011

RiverGlass has launched Release 3.0 of its Semantic Text Analyzer (STAn), promising improvements in natural language processing.

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Taxonomy Standardization is Going On Everywhere

By |April 4th, 2011

The entire idea of using a controlled vocabulary, a.k.a. thesaurus, a.k.a. ontology, a.k.a. taxonomy, a.k.a. authority file, a.k.a. a pick list, a.k.a. attribute table --is to standardize the nomenclature an organization uses to tag, keyword, add descriptors, controlled vocabulary, subject heading, content tags, semantic indexing, etc., to their content so it can be found, searched, retrieved,… well, you get the idea.

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Wine Application Also a Great Teaching Tool

By |April 4th, 2011

Another piece of software using semantic technology to help our dining experience be just a little bit better. I don’t know about you, but this gets my attention.

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Teaching in the Web 3.0 World

By |April 4th, 2011

How are the semantic web, mobile web, and the immersive Internet changing the way we learn and deliver learning? One author takes on that question and addresses how roles have changed in the process.

Standards Are Necessary To Fight Cyber Theft

By |April 1st, 2011

Security issues and cyber theft continue to grow in complexity as technology itself advances. Standard metrics and measurements are essential when assessing IT resilience.

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