Posts Tagged ‘Metadata’
SharePoint Can Make A Difference
Many users complain that SharePoint, even with its great features, has just become another file share option. However, the primary difference is its potential. SharePoint adds many benefits that file shares just can’t provide, including retention policies, taxonomy and metadata, and much more.
Read MoreEnhancing the Search Results
Ixxus is contributing a new tool which integrates the faceted search capabilities of Apache Solr into Alfresco 4. CMS Critic brought this news to our attention in their article, “New Alfresco Faceted Search by Ixxus Delivers Enhanced Enterprise Content Search.” This new addition will assist Alfresco in fulfilling the ‘Smart Search’ requirements of its 2012 Product Road Map. Other benefits will include enhanced functionality and discoverability using metadata-driven; faceted searching. The new faceted base search will greatly improve the discoverability of content and search results.
Read MoreAccess Innovations Partners with SPIE on New Taxonomy
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has partnered with Access Innovations, a leading firm in semantic enrichment, on a new, cutting edge taxonomy in optics and photonics. Currently in use on SPIE’s websites, SPIE.org and the SPIE Digital Library, the taxonomy provides the basis for topically focused searching and browsing the most relevant SPIE content from the society’s journals, proceedings papers, and eBooks.
Read MoreSocial Media Forges Relationship with Law Enforcement
In a move that changes social media to another type of information source, Twitter has agreed to work with the Australian law enforcement in preserving metadata in particular instances, such as cyber bullying cases. This came after some accusations that Twitter was turning a blind eye to Australian law and not reacting appropriately to hostile messages.
Read MoreLeaders in Technology Recognized
Kofax has received the ranking of “Leader” by Forrester Research in the industry analyst firm’s August 2012 report entitled, “The Forrester Wave: MultichannelCapture, Q3 2012”. Vendors selected for inclusion in the Multichannel Capture Forrester Wave report were evaluated against 18 criteria grouped into three high-level buckets: current offering, strategy and market presence. Kofax had the highest score in these three high-level categories.
Read MoreDigital Forensics in Archiving
The Society of American Archivists (SAA) 2012 annual meeting was held a couple of weeks ago. One of the many courses offered by SAA addressed digital forensics. The emerging partnership between law enforcement and the archival enterprise continues to strengthen. This might seem unusual, but it has the potential to establish some best practices in extracting data.
Read MorePingar Postures for More Expansion
Pingar announced two appointments designed to continue an accelerated North American growth strategy. Chris Riley has been appointed to the new role of vice president product marketing and Curtis Gion has been appointed to the new role of vice president business solutions.
Read MoreShift in Publishing Power
Many think publishers hold all the power in the world of data. One knowledgeable veteran notes that publishers should be prepared to challenge convention and fight for a true and appropriate value for the product they offer. Stuart Colman, former Managing Director Europe, VP International at Audience Science, has made a rallying call to publishers.
Read MoreDigital Metadata Being Embraced
The Digital Production Partnership (DPP) recently unveiled a new metadata application that enables standardized editorial and technical metadata for digital delivery with completed program files.
Read MoreNew Arrangement Brings New Content Within Reach
Through a recent agreement with Persée, EBSCO Discovery Service now indexes scientific French journals in the field of humanities. All Persée content includes metadata that enables the users to search the content.
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