Taxodiary – Findability

Managing Your Assets

By Melody Smith|April 29th, 2015|indexing, metadata, News|Comments Off on Managing Your Assets

Extensis has released their modular digital asset management (DAM) system, Extensis Portfolio, with promises of transforming the user experience.

Credit Where Credit is Due

By Melody Smith|April 28th, 2015|Autoindexing, indexing, metadata, News|Comments Off on Credit Where Credit is Due

No one will argue how helpful auto-classification or auto-indexing is to the world of making content findable. This interesting topic came from the blog post, “Jet Packs, Cars That Drive Themselves, and Autoclassification” from Earley & Associates.

New Demands on Metadata

By Melody Smith|April 20th, 2015|metadata, News|Comments Off on New Demands on Metadata

The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) is hosting a Metadata Summit next month in New York City.

From Skyscrapers to Cell Phones

By Melody Smith|April 15th, 2015|News, Technology|Comments Off on From Skyscrapers to Cell Phones

In the National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) quarterly e-blast, Enotes, a one-directional commentary on form and function caught our attention. Enotes is only available to members of NFAIS so if you aren't already a member, that can be resolved here.

Enhancing the Results

By Melody Smith|April 15th, 2015|indexing, metadata, News, search|Comments Off on Enhancing the Results

Content Analyst has released Cerebrant, a SaaS-based discovery platform. Cerebrant enables users to quickly and effectively find the most relevant internal and external content.

Taking Stock

By Melody Smith|April 9th, 2015|metadata, News|Comments Off on Taking Stock

Secretary of State John Kerry recently requested a review of all efforts underway to improve records management within the State Department.

Data, Data, Data

By Melody Smith|March 20th, 2015|metadata, News|Comments Off on Data, Data, Data

Data is important, but just how important if it has no structure? After all, without structure, how can it be indexed and recovered when needed down the road? In real-world applications, there have to be patterns and structures that allow content to be findable.

Search Integrity

By Melody Smith|March 19th, 2015|News, search|Comments Off on Search Integrity

Ace Hardware has select the Knowledge Integration Platform from BA Insight to power its next-generation ACENET, a search-driven intranet portal serving independent retailers and employees nationwide.

Learn More About Making Content Usable

By Melody Smith|March 19th, 2015|indexing, metadata, News, search|Comments Off on Learn More About Making Content Usable

The "Making Content Portable, Making It Usable" webinar is scheduled for March 27th. Early bird registration discount ends on Friday, March 20th.

Collaboration Improves Results

By Melody Smith|March 19th, 2015|News|Comments Off on Collaboration Improves Results

Elsevier recently announced preparations to collaborate with the research community in developing an open-access journal covering all disciplines on one platform. The goal is to enable continual experimentation and innovation.