Posts Tagged ‘Standards’
Compliance Challenges and Semantic Solutions
One of the common challenges for data and tool integration is how complex biological data can be due to its inter-connectivity. With no standards or processes widely adopted, this left little hope for improvement in the situation. However, recent attempts have focused on the use of semantics to assist integration, and Semantic Web technologies are being welcomed by this community.
Read MoreGovernance is Key
There are a lot of issues with implementing taxonomies – designing, building, and of course the technical swarm of terms. These challenges are typically what get all the attention and focus. What is quite often forgotten and of equal importance, if not more, is governance.
Read MoreTime for Standards
The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) has went on record saying the concept of metadata in electronic health records (EHR) is too new and unreliable to require tagging in EHRs in Stage 2.
Read MoreMetadata Standards Rejected
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) has rejected the idea of metadata standards. Saying they believe more work needs to be done to verify the standards before they are implemented, they practically scolded the Department of Health and Human Services over their plans to include metadata standards in Meaningful Use Stage 2.
Read MoreNIST Launches Standards for the Clouds
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has launched a cloud computing standards road map and a cloud reference architecture to help guide federal agencies to cloud computing technologies.
Read MoreStandards for the Clouds
The UK government’s national Cloud Computing strategy is soon to be published and many wonder what the decision on industry-wide standards will be. Rumors are they will not be developing new, but adapting to current ones available.
Read MoreQuadraMed Releases New Version of Coding Software
QuadraMed has released a new version of Quantim® Facility Coding that supports both ICD-9 and ICD-10 code sets.
Read MoreArchiving Digital Requires Standards
Every business is dealing with data storage issues, but in the world of media and entertainment, the demise of the videotape and the prevalence of digital creates a perfect storm of data volume. Without the tangible backup tape, archiving digital data carries more weight than ever before. The urgent need for more secure archives than a mix of external hard drives, cloud storage and proprietary data tapes is here.
Read MoreFrom Simple to Complex
People talk about different kinds of vocabularies. The differences usually have to do with the structure, or lack thereof. Sometimes, people refer to “flat lists”. These are one-level lists with no hierarchical structure. They can be uncontrolled or controlled lists. An uncontrolled list is a simple, flat structure. The uncontrolled list is your “Saturday list”.
Read MoreDigital Libraries Present New Challenges
Bibliographic data seems like it would be a fairly simple and straightforward thing. However, it is really just the beginning of the sorts of data tracked in library catalogs. What about metadata standards and information classification systems?
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