MEDLINE citations are manually indexed at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), using as reference the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) controlled vocabulary. In the past, human indexers read the full text of the article to properly index. However, due to growth, the NLM is exploring automatic indexing options. 7th Space Interactive brought this topic to our attention in their article, “MeSH indexing based on automatically generated summaries.”
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has officially launched the ANSI IBR Portal, an online tool for free, read-only access to voluntary consensus standards that have been incorporated by reference (IBR) into federal laws and regulations.
With Apple’s Siri and Kngine responding to both written and spoken questions with text, pictures, graphs, and images, it is hard to dispute that the semantic web is no longer a pipe dream. Yet, there are those who are doing just that. This topic was inspired by an article on Wamda titled, “Links Are Not Answers: Cairo’s Kngine Launches App to Revolutionize Search.”
There is a National Ice Cream Day, a National Hopscotch Day, and a World Beard Day, so why shouldn't there be a World Standards Day?
The American National Standards Institute's Nanotechnology Standards Panel (ANSI-NSP) has announced the launch of a new database compiling information about nanotechnology-related standards and affiliated activities. This new database is part of a larger project by the ANSI-NSP to increase the visibility of existing and in-progress documents in relation to nanotechnology.
The American National Standards Instittude (ANSI) recently named John Siemon, a leading global network infrastructure specialist, is pleased to announce that John Siemon, CTO and vice president of global operations at Siemon, a recipient of the 2013 Leadership and Service Award.
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) voting members recently approved a new project to develop recommended practices for Packaging and Exchanging Serial Content. Many different organizations, including libraries, archives, indexing services, etc., work better and more efficiently when they exchange and work with digital files that make up serial content. However, these files are in some type of package that isn’t always the same or compatible.
World Standards Week (WSW) shines a light on those who have made significant contributions to their industry, their nation, and the enhancement of the global standards system. The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has issued a call for nominations for its 2013 Leadership and Service Awards, which will be presented in conjunction with WSW. The awards, presented in conjunction with World Standards Week (WSW) 2013.