Web 3.0 Promises Change
Batten down the hatches. At least that is what management consulting firm, Booz&Co. is warning businesses. The next generation of web technology will transform the way businesses work within five to ten years.
Search vs. Findability
It isn’t news that search has evolved dramatically over the past couple of years. Though many people still think of search as the white box in the corner of the page where users type in a term or phrase, we need of it as findability -- ways that we can facilitate the user navigating and searching for the information they need.
XBRL Taxonomy Search Tool Made Available
CompSci Resources, LLC is making available to the public its XBRL taxonomy search tool in order to assist issuers and mutual funds generate their XBRL submissions to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
SLACK Implements RSuite CMS
SLACK , Inc. has implemented RSuite CMS by Really Strategies to automate distribution of its journal content to licensing channels.
Searching PDFs Now Possible
DocuLex recently announced that its WebSearch v. 4.0 document management software can execute document search and retrieval operations instantly for password protected PDF files. This new capability is valuable for organizations that are transferring and delivering files mainly via email or unsecure FTP, especially for highly confidential information.
Taxonomy and Search: Access Innovations’ Founder And Industry Pioneer Talks About Three Important Trends
During her 33 years in the search industry, Margie Hlava, president of Access Innovations, has seen a lot of trends come and go. Today’s changing information environment, with its ever-growing avalanche of data and critical need for better search and more efficient organization of content, presents some unique challenges. Hlava recently shared her views with Steve Arnold, a technology and financial analyst who has more than 30 years of experience, as part of his Search Wizards Speak series. Access Innovations, Hlava’s company, is releasing an excerpt of the interview.
Let’s Play
Microtask, a Finnish company, attempted a new approach in the digitization effort of the National Library of Finland. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software, the method through which scanned documents are converted from image to searchable text, can be prone to errors which can affect accuracy and indexing. Unfortunately, these mistakes can only be corrected by human hands and that is a time consuming task.
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.
Elsevier Releases New Tool
Elsevier has released a new tool within its management solution SciVal Experts. This new tool seamlessly links opportunities with SciVal Funding, which is their funding intelligence solution delivering targeted recommendations for funding opportunities and providing suggestions regarding potential collaborators for awards.
ExpertusONE Feature Set Released
Expertus has released an updated feature set for its ExpertusONE product focused on training channel partners. ExpertusONE is the first learning platform to offer a broad range of learning, collaboration and knowledge access tools for a dispersed sales staff.