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Lucene 4.0 Focus of ApacheCon 2011

By |August 30th, 2011|indexing, News|Comments Off on Lucene 4.0 Focus of ApacheCon 2011

Apache Lucene 4.0 has been released and is garnering quite a bit of chatter, especially with the impending ApacheCon 2011. So what are the new features and more importantly, what does it mean to users?

Times They Are A-Changin’

By |August 11th, 2011|News, Technology|Comments Off on Times They Are A-Changin’

In some ways the genre of government in relation to information technology is the same as every other business field. In some ways, they couldn’t be more different. One technology reporter muses on this pseudo-dichotomy and what he has learned from his years entrenched in government information technology.

Is the Web Really a Web?

By |August 2nd, 2011|indexing, News, Technology|Comments Off on Is the Web Really a Web?

A significant portion of Internet content has a spatial dimension. For instance, a place name within a document or the location of a place referred to within a tweet. However, if we take a look from a geospatial standpoint at the various types of Internet resources and applications used today, there is a different and fragmented picture.

New Versions Available for Lucene Core and Solr

By |July 14th, 2011|indexing, News, search|Comments Off on New Versions Available for Lucene Core and Solr

New versions of Lucene Core – Java-based indexing and search tool formerly known as Lucene Java - and Solr – an enterprise search server - are now available from the Apache Lucene project.

Semanticizing Managed Content

By |July 8th, 2011|News, semantic|Comments Off on Semanticizing Managed Content

For those who believe in smart content and that it is necessary for semantic content, they might find Interactive Knowledge Stack (IKS) interesting. It provides a framework for semanticizing managed content.

Content Management Systems Evolve

By |July 1st, 2011|News|Comments Off on Content Management Systems Evolve

Is your content management system holding your organization back from digital media opportunities? Content management systems continue to evolve and one particular author points out the specific ways and why it should be important to news organizations.