By Melody Smith|November 8th, 2013|metadata, News|Comments Off on Data of Massive Instructions
Two billion is a large number, regardless of whether you are referring to dollars or granules of sand. WorldCat has reported the addition of its two billionth holding. This impressive and somewhat daunting piece of news was found on OCLC in their post, “WorldCat database reaches 2 billion holdings.”
By Melody Smith|November 1st, 2013|metadata, News|Comments Off on Treating Big Data Appropriately
Big data has been made a complex issue by attaching scientific and mathematical hassles to it, according to Tyler Bryson, General Manager – Marketing and Operations, Microsoft SMSG India. Organizations already have a lot of data that needs to be put in the right place to be analyzed in the right manner. Microsoft believes in using simple tools to make data useful and available to all.
By Melody Smith|October 29th, 2013|metadata, News|1 Comment
Metadata continues to get a bad rap for its participation in the NSA situation and other covert operations. We continue to try and lift up the benefits of metadata here, specifically how it acts as breadcrumbs to find your data fast and completely, when indexed against a strong, standards-based taxonomy. And we will continue to do so.
By Melody Smith|October 28th, 2013|metadata, News|Comments Off on Metadata in Context
I have a difficult time not picking up an old book when I find one. I like to look at the yellowed pages, smell the dustiness that has accumulated over many years, and admire the worn binding and dog-eared pages. Those dog-eared pages are like a rabbit hole for me as I can't resist the urge to look at the content someone felt important enough to mark for future reference. Reference books like thesauri and dictionaries are my Achilles heel. So this blog post definitely caught my attention and I think you will find it interesting as well.
By Melody Smith|October 21st, 2013|metadata, News|Comments Off on Good Intentions
Metadata’s reputation has been altered by scandal, and it may never be seen in the same light again. This is unfortunate, because metadata has many […]
By Melody Smith|October 15th, 2013|metadata, News|Comments Off on Working Together Can Enhance the Results
Pingar has strengthened its SharePoint solution portfolio with the release of the enhanced Pingar Metadata Extractor for SharePoint 2013. This allows enterprises to run bulk entity extraction seamlessly in the background, eliminating the need to train staff how to meta-tag documents.
By Melody Smith|October 11th, 2013|metadata, News|Comments Off on Ready Set Go
The key to a successful SharePoint implementation from a content management point of view is metadata. Metadata management should be a tier one priority […]
By Melody Smith|October 10th, 2013|indexing, metadata, News|Comments Off on Prank Gone Viral
One biologist spends an inordinate amount of time sending a faux paper with incorrect and downright false information to be published. The surprise is that the majority of the papers are published.
By Melody Smith|October 4th, 2013|metadata, News|Comments Off on Metadata: The Good Twin
Digitalsmiths provides the technology to determine what’s happening in a video, moment by moment. This capability can then be used by cable operators or streaming video providers to offer personalized recommendations to viewers. They have added to that experience by offering social recommendations to their product offering. This creates a more dynamic way for users to search and discover videos from those providers. Gigaom brought this news to our attention in their article, “Digitalsmiths adds social search and recommendations.”
By Melody Smith|September 30th, 2013|metadata, News|Comments Off on A Long Time Coming
Relevance and Metadata Partners have announced their official merger and new name - Cognitect, Inc. By combining their resources, knowledge and experience, Cognitect believes it is now positioned to provide even more assistance in leveraging information, harnessing the cloud as an engine for growth, and building robust systems faster by creating simple tools and services that can be composed to solve large problems.