Data Visualization and Term Analytics – Part V of VI

A completely different kind of use is term analytics. We have talked a lot of text analytics in the past, where people take great big full text files and they run them through a lot of Bayesian, neural net, and latent semantic indexing kind of engines to figure out how to compare things. You could do that using a taxonomy instead and still figure out the strengths of the organization; what are the strengths in the publications; what are the emerging topics in your areas. You use people’s own data to address these questions and figure out the answers.

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Communications Panel Looking At The Future

We’ve talked numerous times about how technology has changed the way we communicate and interact both in our professional and personal lives. So what does the future look like? How will this same technology evolve and what will be the results of that progress on our lives? The Media Communications panel at the 3rd edition of the World Forum in Davos, Switzerland, “Communication on Top”, will be addressing those questions and more.

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Semantic Technology in Health Information Services

The semantic web is being used to compete with internet health sites in helping users manage their health. Healthline is one of many websites people turn to for health information. It isn’t the largest, when compared to WebMD and others, but it does set itself apart by focusing on a semantic taxonomy.

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What Will the Next Year Bring in Technology?

As we near the end of another year, many professionals are making predictions about the coming year and recapping the highlights of the previous year. Among the ten technology and business trends that will affect businesses and consumers alike in the coming year, one writer predicts a more semantic web.

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Relevant Search Results

Search has changed over the past few years. No longer is it just straight forward finding of your entered terms. It has changed to a relevance-powered search and retail marketing is the driving force.

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New App from National Library of Medicine

A new app combines semantic knowledge resources and technologies, such as a biomedical knowledge base, a semantic search engine, a distributed search engine, and a variety of smart content analysis and discovery services. The NLMplus can concurrently access 60 National Library of Medicine (NLM) databases, with a simple Google/Bing like user interface.

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New Travel Search System Released

FACT-Finder Travel is a new semantic search system that targets online travel agents. By allowing users to enter free text during search and interpreting what users are looking for, the company seeks to garner a following among online travel agencies. The system interprets what users are looking for and populates search criteria boxes with the correct information.

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