Information inefficiency across the enterprise – Index shows no sector has found a definitive solution

Information is at the heart of what most enterprises do. For some it is their product and lifeblood; for others it lubricates all aspects of their operation. The fact is that, in one form or another, information management is vital for virtually any organisation, particularly as tough economic conditions prevail, and the more efficiently enterprise content is controlled and accessed, the more effective organizations’ operations become. After all, we all operate in an ‘information economy’ these days.

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Access Innovations Announces Two Free Webinars This Month

Access Innovations, Inc. invites you to two free hour-long webinars this month as a continuation of the successful Discovery Tour Series. Join us on Monday, October 22, at 3 p.m. EDT and Tuesday, October 30, at 3 p.m. EDT to discover for yourself the software suite that is revolutionizing thesaurus building and content management as you know it.

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The Growing Deficit in Computer Science Education

In our increasingly globalized economy many career paths that seemed to offer security are today only offering uncertainty to recent graduates. Students graduating with degrees in teaching, law, and even human resources or business are finding stiff competition and few opportunities. Even in our stubbornly weak economy, job growth in computer science fields has continued steadily; yet even as computer usage becomes ingrained in nearly every facet of modern life, many graduates find themselves ill-equipped to take on the requirements of technology-based jobs.

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Why Do We Index?

We index, or “tag”, using the taxonomy to improve precision. In part, we are doing that by defining the scope of the term that we use. So, we have a term that represents a concept but that term might be used for several concepts. We are defining in which way we are using the term ‘mercury’ within this corpus of information. We define the scope of the term, and that improves the precision.

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Taxonomies, Databases, and the Internet

The Internet has allowed us a lot of website builders and a lot of contributors. Basically, they are all equal as far as opportunity to participate is concerned. Largely because of this openness to website builders and contributors, the Internet is growing rapidly. It has become too big for people to find what they want reliably, so it needs us. It needs knowledge management.

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Data Harmony 3.8 Selected As a KMWorld 2012 Trend-Setting Product of the Year

Access Innovations, Inc., leaders in digital data organization and creators of the Data Harmony software suite, are proud to announce Data Harmony 3.8’s inclusion in the KMWorld 2012 list of Trend-Setting Products. KMWorld cited a number of new features, including the ability to integrate ThesaurusMaster with SharePoint 2010, enhanced multilingual capabilities, a Dynamic View mode that presents the taxonomy in an interactive tree format, and an easier-to-use administration module.

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Testing, Maintaining, and Implementing Your Taxonomy

Once you’ve developed a taxonomy, of course you want to use it. And before using it, you want (or should want) to test it. And, of course, the use is two ways. You can apply it to the records, for indexing, and you can use it for search, too; both of those applications are use tests at first, and can serve as use tests again for maintenance of the taxonomy. Once you get into the maintenance phase, you have to be able to edit and otherwise change lots of parts of the terms. You might change the status of the term itself, what it is called; for example, you could change the primary term that you use and put some other word in as the non-preferred term. You might want to delete or add a relationship. Of course, you want to add new terms. You might want to move the branches around. All of these things are part of routine taxonomy maintenance.

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Different Views of Your Taxonomy

With the right software or programming, you can produce different views of your taxonomy or thesaurus. The more you can produce the better. Read more to learn more about the various possibilities.

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