Posts Tagged ‘Metadata’
Project Underway to Create Metadata Framework For Tagging Resources
The Learning Resource Metadata Initiative (LRMI) is a project to create a common vocabulary for describing learning resources on the Internet. The technical working group has been formed and includes representatives from experts in the fields of education, publishing, and metadata. Their goal is to create a metadata framework for tagging resources that is can be easily implemented, but rich enough to assign valuable attributes to educational content to make searching and filtering easier.
Read MoreLRMI Project Forms Working Group
The Learning Resource Metadata Initiative (LRMI) is a project creating a common vocabulary for describing learning resources on the Internet. They have recently announced the formation of their technical working group, which includes representatives from leading experts in the fields of education, publishing, and metadata.
Read MoreNew White Paper on Metadata Released
Widen Enterprises has teamed with JohnHorodyski to produce a new white paper titled, “A guide to the lifeblood of DAM: Key concepts and best practices for using metadata in digital asset management systems.”
Read MoreMetadata and the Lack of Clarity
You would think on a site as complex and interlinked as the Internet Movie Database, metadata would reign supreme. But it has never been given the respect it deserves. This may change after the International Broadcasting Convention 2011 (IBC2011) next month.
Read MoreWorkshare Point Will Support SharePoint 2010
Workshare has announced support for SharePoint foundation 2010 in the next version of Workshare Point. As a Gold Certified Partner, the new version will allow users to connect to a SharePoint Online Server hosted by Microsoft, part of the cloud-based Microsoft’s Office 365, delivering a seamless SharePoint user-experience.
Read MoreGathering Intelligence from Unlikely Sources
Asking the experts is the logical approach to gaining knowledge for databases. Insights into consumer behavior and preferences can be surfaced not only from social media conversations but may also be found in an organization’s internal, private data. When building your data management system don’t overlook resources like online conversations within the engineering team, emails between client and customers, and engineering exchanges. Using latent semantic analysis methodology and statistical language modeling technology can reveal new solutions, information, and ideas.
Read MoreFaceted Search and Open Source
The optimal search experience seems to be the new trend. Faceted search is found in intranets and enterprise search applications, as well as other content-heavy sites. However, this takes a budget with enough power to sustain search applications to take you the whole journey. What are the other options?
Read MoreEBSCO Chosen by Okanagan College
EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) was chosen by Okanagan College in British Columbia, Canada as its discovery service. EDS was selected by the librarians for its simple search process, rich metadata and subject headings.
Read MoreSkyRiver Chosen By UofC Law Library
SkyRiver has been chosen by the University of California Davis Mabie Law Library, in Emeryville, CA for its cataloging services.
Read MoreTime for the Music Ontology
At this time in history, there’s so much music to describe. There have been so many compositions, so many recordings, and so many performances. How can we sort through it all? There are music databases that the public can contribute to, but how can we make the data consistent enough to be searchable?
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