Taxodiary – ontology

Data Harmony Users to Preview New Features, Options at 2011 Meeting

By Melody Smith|November 29th, 2010|Access Insights, Featured, ontology, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Data Harmony Users to Preview New Features, Options at 2011 Meeting

Users of DataHarmony software from Access Innovations will have the opportunity to preview new features and options, train on how to get the most from the knowledge management software suite, learn from case studies throughout the globe, and discuss their experiences and challenges during the Seventh Annual Data Harmony Users Group (DHUG) meeting February 7-10, 2011 at Access Innovations, 4725 Indian School Road NE, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The meeting will also feature a special seminar entitled “The Theory of Knowledge” presented by Marjorie Hlava, president of Access Innovations.

Beta Application Geared to the Scientific Community

By Melody Smith|November 26th, 2010|metadata, News, ontology|Comments Off on Beta Application Geared to the Scientific Community

Elsevier has launched SciVerse Applications beta, a new module within the SciVerse platform that will empower the scientific community to develop and share customized solutions that advance the search and discovery process through its marketplace and developer network.

New Senior Ontology Consultant Added to Semantic Arts

By Melody Smith|November 23rd, 2010|News, ontology, Uncategorized|Comments Off on New Senior Ontology Consultant Added to Semantic Arts

Dr. Michael F. Uschold of Seattle, Washington joined Semantic Arts as a Senior Ontology Consultant recently. As an internationally recognized expert with over two decades experience in developing and transitioning semantic technology from academia to industry, he should be a nice addition to their staff.

The Future of Collaboration and Transparency

By Melody Smith|November 22nd, 2010|metadata, News, ontology|Comments Off on The Future of Collaboration and Transparency

Unstructured information continues to grow and this provides a unique opportunity for government to reach beyond the traditional relational databases. Last week, government employees and industry experts met at the MarkLogic Government Summit to discuss best practices and the importance of implementing technology solutions capable of leveraging unstructured information.

New CEO Brings Ontology Experience to the Job

By Melody Smith|November 19th, 2010|News, ontology, semantic|Comments Off on New CEO Brings Ontology Experience to the Job

Halfpenny Technologies, Inc. has named Gai Elhanan, M.D., M.A., as the company’s chief medical information officer (CMIO). In his new role, Dr. Elhanan will be responsible for directing the development of Halfpenny’s clinical and analytical technology solutions.

SlipBox Thinks Outside of the Box

By Melody Smith|November 11th, 2010|News, ontology|Comments Off on SlipBox Thinks Outside of the Box

Intentionally avoiding the use of a keyword ontology, SlipBox is based on traditional slip boxes and manages the notes in a similar manner as the human memory.When taking notes, SlipBox actively discourages the use of categories like they are required by most note-taking applications and just focuses on tags.

Tripbase Takes Travel Planning to Another Level

By Melody Smith|November 10th, 2010|News, ontology, semantic|Comments Off on Tripbase Takes Travel Planning to Another Level

A new travel database, Tripbase, has taken artificial intelligence into the world of travel planning and beyond. Travel planning isn't like shopping where you can download a product catalog. People want to know more details about their location, whether it be the color of the sand on the beaches or the local etiquette de jour.

It’s All in the Facts

By Melody Smith|November 9th, 2010|metadata, News, ontology|Comments Off on It’s All in the Facts

AdSense creator, Gil Elbaz, scores big with another software tool called Factual. Beginning service to the public in October, Factual organizes bits of useful data strewn across the Internet. Every day, names, numbers, dates, addresses, and other unstructured data are added to the Web. Since it doesn't follow any standard formatting, this data is useless to most computers. Machines can't readily grasp concepts such as "middle school" or "junior high," let alone distinguish how they're related…at least until now.

Information Collaboration

By Melody Smith|November 4th, 2010|News, ontology, semantic|Comments Off on Information Collaboration

Who would have ever guessed the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) would become a role model for information sharing? However, a service-oriented architecture effort within the U.S. Department of Defense's intelligence community is helping the DoD better share information as well as modernize systems.

Snug Without An Ontology

By Melody Smith|November 2nd, 2010|News, ontology|Comments Off on Snug Without An Ontology

With a slogan like “Snug Productivity Software”, Tabi Software’s SlipBox application supports the work of the note-taker and not surprisingly attempts to do it distraction-free. SlipBox is based on traditional slip-boxes – loose collections of paper slips in a box – and manages the notes in a way similar to human memory.