Posts Tagged ‘Metadata’
Library of e-Books at Your Fingertips
For those of us who gave in and went to the “dark side” of publishing, i.e. e-readers, finding digital books that you can loan or borrow beyond the minimalistic approach Kindle offers has long been a dream. This is why when I read about Oyster, I literally thought I heard angels sing. Okay, maybe just one.
Read MoreThe World is Your Classroom
One class. One facilitator. 10,000 students. With a massive online open course — known as a MOOC — this could become a new reality for the higher education world.
Read MoreChoosing the Right Partner
Seal Software Group has partnered with Novatus Contract Management. This partnership will allow Novatus to attain full contract visibility by utilizing the unique Contract Discovery capabilities of Seal Software. Channel EMEA brought this news to our attention in their article, “Seal Software Announce Partnership with Novatus.”
Read MoreWe’re Going, Are You?
The annual Frankfurt Book Fair will take place October 9-13, 2013 and is considered the most important marketplace for books, media, rights and licenses worldwide. The trends in publishing change faster than it is sometimes possible to keep up. The Frankfurt Book Fair brings all the new technology and innovations together in one location.
Read MoreGovernment Agencies Looking for Big Data Solutions
The national archives for managing federal records, NARA, maintains more than 12 billion pages of physical records, 42 million photographs, and 500 terabytes of electronic records. Now that puts a new perspective on big data.
Read MoreSemantics Position in the Netherlands
Ever thought about living in the Netherlands? A land first discovered by Julius Caesar, though already inhabited – as was most “land discoveries.”
Read MoreRevealing Relationships
In this time and age when metadata is included in almost every conversation, this tongue in cheek blog post caught my attention. The author reads aloud an article, which imagines a dialog between Alan Turing and Winston Churchill that might have taken place if the UK Home Secretary Theresa May had been Turing’s line-manager.
Read MoreWebinar on Document Migration
Concept Searching is in the semantic metadata generation business and the developer of the Smart Content Framework. They are sponsoring a webinar on ‘How To Drive Intelligent Migration’ on Wednesday, September 4th, at 11:30-11:45 a.m. EDT.
Read MoreHandling all that Data
Data, metadata, big data — it seems we are drowning in that four letter word. That is not a bad thing, especially if you understand how metadata works with your data in searching and findability.
Read MoreMetadata is Getting a Bad Rep
Metadata is revealing more about users than plain data and certainly more than they expected. The digital trail of activity can be traced all the way back and tell its own story of sorts. This interesting topic was covered in article in The Hindu titled, “Digital crumbs together paint a larger picture.”
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