Posts Tagged ‘Taxonomies’
Information Science Tools
We know what a taxonomy does and is. It provides the structure and classification to organize content for its best findability. It represents a predefined structure organizing anything from a range of subjects of general industries and fields of study to the microcosm of words and terms unique to a small business. They are usually arranged…
Read MoreData Integrity with Taxonomies
How do you both measure and offer trust to satisfy the interests of business value creation and data governance leaders? This interesting topic came to us from Tech Wire in their article, “Trusted Analytics in the Cloud Starts with Data Discovery and Privacy.” Maintaining customer trust that data will be handled responsibly in new cloud-hosted…
Read MoreFindability Through Taxonomies
Latent semantic indexing (LSI) is a natural language processing technique that analyzes relationships between a set of documents and the terms they contain. The result? Search engines can identify related terms for keywords by searching billions of pages and using the findings to evaluate the degree to which a single web page reflects truly comprehensive content…
Read MoreRemote Taxonomist Opportunity
To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, semantic technology, ontology, etc., we are sharing career opportunities that we find with our readers. Even if you are not in the market for a career move, it is always good to stay on top of what is available and how the fields are evolving.…
Read MoreThe Library’s Role
A public library is for the whole community. Where assets of a public library are available for everyone and made available by governments, a private library is owned by a person or institution to serve that particular person or institution. This interesting topic came to us from The Scholarly Kitchen in their article, “Trust and…
Read MoreDiscovering the Data
At first glance, the terms “findability” and “discoverability” may seem to refer to similar things. However, these concepts are very different, and both are key outcomes that should be considered in any comprehensive knowledge management strategy. Content without access is relatively worthless. Enterprise search is how an organization helps people find the information they need,…
Read MoreThe Power of a Taxonomy
A taxonomy is a set of concepts organized into a hierarchical structure covering a topical domain. Whatever the search, it is important for that search to be comprehensive, with quality indexing against a standards-based taxonomy. This interesting information came to our attention from Open Text in their blogpost, “The wielding force of a taxonomy.” Creating information order and…
Read MoreAnalytics in Business Intelligence
Business intelligence describes the strategies, technologies, and tools that companies use to obtain business information. It also describes the information itself. Then there is data analytics — the technical process through which we obtain actionable insights from raw data. Not the same, but not isolated from one another. This interesting information came to us from…
Read MoreData Integrity and Data Governance Go Hand In Hand
Data integrity is the basis of any decision made using data, and one way to insure it is through a comprehensive and solid data governance strategy and policy. MarkTech Post brought this subject to our attention in their article, “What is Data Governance? Top Data Governance Tools for Data Science and Machine Learning Research in…
Read MoreLearning with Taxonomies
Learning can be ethereal and abstract. When it comes to employees, organizations need to remember the variety of knowledge possessed by their workforces and to reskill employees in a way that keeps up with emerging technology and changing culture. Surprisingly enough, taxonomies can help. This interesting topic came to us from ATD Education in their…
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