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Comic Book Heroes

By Melody Smith | March 4, 2014

For those comic book geeks…err…collectors in the audience Marvel Entertainment’s new API allows you to build Marvel Comic apps for your own use. That last part was important. You can’t market them for revenue. The Disney-owned company is opening up the data from its 75-year publishing history, including cover art, characters and comic book crossover events, for developers. This “free for all” gives them access to metadata for more than 30,000 comics and 7,000 series.

Digitizing Government Records

By Melody Smith | February 26, 2014

The first modern Land Record Management and Information System (LRMIS) center is working in Taxila tehsil. All land records of the entire tehsil will be digitized, which will create conveniences in transfer of properties and getting revenue documents.

The Meta of Data

By Melody Smith | February 26, 2014

Metadata continues to be in the headlines, and most of the news isn’t good. What is missing is news around the meta of data and how it has transformed.

Achieving Findability

By Melody Smith | February 25, 2014

Xerox was chosen by the Department of Homeland Security to convert the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ records to digital form.

Metadata Jobs Available

By Melody Smith | February 24, 2014

We are always excited to share with our readers career opportunities in the world of taxonomy, metadata and semantic technology. Even if you aren’t 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. There seems to be a trend with jobs around metadata. And no, these don’t include the previous position of Edward Snowden.

Workshop on Semantic Computing Available

By Melody Smith | February 19, 2014

Big data applications present their own unique challenges in order to appropriately harness the utility of open source frameworks including such as Apache. Through these advances, Big data has become ubiquitous across all areas of research allowing for new applications that were not possible earlier

Mending the Relationships

By Melody Smith | February 17, 2014

LinkTek Corporation has released their LinkFixer Advanced software to help information management professionals avoid data loss during data migration.

A Plan is in Order

By Melody Smith | February 13, 2014

Varonis Systems has launched the Varonis Data Governance Suite 5.9, which incorporates a variety of new features to better enable organizations to manage, protect, and safely collaborate with unstructured data.

Exploring the Data

By Melody Smith | February 12, 2014

Big data has challenged organizations in the storage and access arena, and beyond. When it comes to analyzing, reporting, and managing data on spreadsheets, big data can overwhelm the capabilities of products like Excel.

Clearing the Dust

By Melody Smith | February 7, 2014

Understanding the relationships among data, metadata, and information is important if we are to make sense of the data we collect. Metadata can be about perspective. Understanding its importance can help move beyond the simpler use of collection and storage.