Posts Tagged ‘Data quality’
Too Much Information?
Science is witnessing the biggest growth and production of data in history. Approximately 2.5 million scientific journal articles are published a year around the world, and that keeps climbing. AXIOS brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “When scientists get information overload.” Though science is evolving, the real problem is the information overload…
Read MoreBad Data
In a world of big data, bad data is becoming more and more common. Part of the issue is fueled by the technology we use to help manage and organize that data. In our rush to be more on-demand, personalized and data-science-powered, we’ve embraced cloud computing, social connectedness and analytics. We all agree that every…
Read MoreAccess Innovations, Inc. Included on KMWorld’s Top 100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management
Access Innovations, Inc., provider of Data Harmony software solutions, is proud to announce they have been named to KMWorld’s list of the Top 100 Companies That Matter In Knowledge Management. This is Access Innovations’ sixth inclusion in the list. “The 2019 KMWorld 100 list spans a wide variety of companies that are each addressing the…
Read MoreThe Original Metadata
Card catalogs have long been the map for finding materials in libraries. They were the original form of metadata. This interesting topic came to us from DATAVERSITY in their article, “Disrupting Metadata Management with Metadata Automation.” Metadata is “data about data”, in context. It supplies the “what, where, when, why, and how” of data. Metadata…
Read MoreData Scientist Career Opportunity
To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, semantic technology, ontology, etc., we are sharing career opportunities that we find with our readers. Even if you are not in the market for a career move, it is always good to stay on top of what is available and how the fields are evolving.…
Read MoreThe Flexibility of AI
Most organizations don’t have the time, expertise or resources to custom build artificial intelligence (AI), regardless of important and helpful they may believe it to be to their success. How will companies will be able to differentiate themselves in the industry if they are limited to using only canned AI? Forbes brought this interesting information…
Read MoreThe Pressure is On Data Quality
Melissa is a provider of global contact data quality and identity verification solutions. Their informatics division, Melissa Informatics, is advancing on the expectations of big data using semantic technologies and machine reasoning. Global Newswire brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Melissa Informatics Advances Big Data Promise with Semantics and Machine Reasoning.” Together, these…
Read MoreRegularly Information Management Gauging Interest
Regulatory compliance is the goal that organizations aspire to achieve in their efforts to ensure that they are aware of and take steps to comply with relevant laws, policies, and regulations. Due to the increasing number of regulations and need for operational transparency, organizations are increasingly adopting the use of consolidated and harmonized sets of compliance controls…
Read MoreMaking Findability More Comprehensive
Since the 1960s academic libraries have been using their own standards for the communication of metadata about resources in their catalogs. Determined to take advantage of the semantic web, Stanford Libraries is working with the libraries of Cornell, Harvard and the University of Iowa to continue the development of a “linked data” metadata environment. This interesting topic came to us from Campus Technology…
Read MoreGDPR’s Impact on Data Management
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the most important change in data privacy regulation in 20 years. GDPR compliance is an ongoing priority and metadata management is a crucial aspect. This interesting topic came to us from Silicon Republic in their article, “Why is metadata management so important when it comes to GDPR?” Complying with GDPR…
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