Classification – Page 17

Classifying the Themes in Parks

By Melody Smith | April 7, 2015

It is always interesting to find so-called taxonomies of interesting and unusual topics. Even if they aren’t true taxonomies, they are typically classifications of some form or another and they provide information, which is after all, the goal.

Transparency Reduces Conflict

By Melody Smith | March 31, 2015

The Wellcome Trust and Digital Science have introduced a ‘contributor role taxonomy’ in an effort to provide classification of the roles performed by individuals in the work leading to published academic research. The purpose of the CRediT Taxonomy is to provide transparency in contributions to scholarly published work.

Classification Goes Mobile

By Melody Smith | March 26, 2015

Softonic has acquired AppCrawlr, the intelligent semantic-based app search engine that lets users find apps using contextual search.

The Promise and Pitfalls of Classifying Food

By Melody Smith | March 24, 2015

As a lover of all things tasty, my mind often turns to the kinds of food and drink that I love. As someone who works with taxonomies and thesauri, I tend to try to classify them. Often, though, I don’t get very far with it because I start to get hungry. However, I just ate, so I don’t think it’ll be so much of an issue this time.

Digital Commons Library – Open and Free

By Melody Smith | March 11, 2015

The recent announcement of the Digital Commons Community Library provides a way of exploring bepress’s scholarly communication resources by subject matter — free and open access.

Classifying Order

By Melody Smith | February 25, 2015

Standards are important for many reasons. Consistency creates quality and standards create consistency. Professional standards for archival descriptions involve a hierarchical structure. This ensures that users will find your archival database easy to navigate.

The End

By Melody Smith | February 20, 2015

Building a solid taxonomy takes time, lots of time. However, a well-constructed and systematically applied taxonomy can unify all of the various assets, and in the process can itself become a valuable repository of institutional knowledge and a source of competitive advantage for the organization.

Taxonomy of Snow

By Melody Smith | February 17, 2015 |

The irony of this particular post is not lost on me. Classifications of snow flakes and crystals while we are in the midst of a blizzard outside my window is just too much. Accumulative snow in Louisville, Kentucky is rare. Schools shut down with just the threat of a couple inches, long before the white stuff actually begins to fall from the sky. Yesterday the weather service projected up to twelve inches for the bluegrass area and the city has literally come to a screeching halt and the faceted crystals continue to fall.

Groundhog Day: Names and Recursions

By Melody Smith | February 2, 2015

I’m sure you’re all just like me and waiting anxiously to hear the results from Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, whence this very day we will find out from Punxsy Phil whether spring will come early this year or we have to wait six more weeks (pro tip: it’s always going to fall on March 20th, or occasionally, the 21st). As ridiculous as the holiday might seem to me, though, there are things about groundhogs and Groundhog Day that are pretty interesting.

Defining Ontologies

By Melody Smith | January 23, 2015

Developing a taxonomy or classification system organized into conceptually similar categories can help users gain a better understanding of the taxonomy subject area. Likewise, an ontology can provide insights into relationships that go beyond grouping of similar concepts. In the case of the recent Time magazine thesaurus showing the relationships of various famous people for 2014, it really is more of an ontology identifying the relationships and correlations. To create a useful ontology, there needs to be a way to evaluate the quality of knowledge model.