Data and Business Intelligence

As many data preparation and management tasks get automated, insight generation and action are the next likely targets for automation. Tech Target brought this topic to us in their article, “Automation, more security and governance next big BI trends.” Business intelligence (BI) is about taking proactive decisions to pull together information that answers questions about…

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Taxonomies Drive Standards

We like consistency and standards. Maybe that is why we are in the business of taxonomies. But there is no arguing that standards and structure are important for organizing a complex and technology-driven society. Without standards, structure, and the existence of language conventions, comprehension suffers, regardless of the subject matter. Artificial Lawyer brought this interesting…

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Classifying to Find

The concept of classified and declassified data when it pertains to security is understandable, but there is a broader type of data classification for businesses which factors into the success of a data analytics pipeline. Tech Target brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Data analytics pipeline best practices: Data classification.” There…

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Taxonomies, Research, and Machine Learning

Researchers are striving to improve the interpretability of features so decision makers will be more comfortable using the outputs of machine learning models. They have developed a taxonomy to help developers craft features that will be easier for their target audience to understand. This interesting information came to us from Science Daily in their article,…

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Emerging Tech and Search

Enterprise search can retrieve data, both structured and unstructured, within a company. It is beneficial because it enables users to easily access organized information. An organization’s data architecture should be able to offer a method to share and reuse existing data. It should also suppress data duplication for efficient data management and high data quality. This…

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Classifying Your Holiday Meal

The classification of desserts for holidays or otherwise is a perfect opportunity for information science and food to collaborate. I am always fascinated by unusual and interesting taxonomies. However, it is important to remember that, as entertaining and fun as this is, there is value in classification regardless of the topic. Content managers and information developers will have…

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Taxonomies are Part of Education

Learning can be ethereal and abstract. When it comes to employees, organizations need to remember the variations of learning possessed by their workforce and reskill its employees in a way to keep up with the changing technology and culture. Surprisingly enough, taxonomies can help. This interesting topic came to us from ATD Education in their…

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Environmental Taxonomies

Sustainability or green taxonomies developed by governments, international bodies, and non-governmental organizations can help improve the consistency in identifying what, exactly, makes an investment sustainable. This interesting information came to us from Eye on ESG in their article, “Leveraging Taxonomies: How Asset Managers Are Using New Sustainability Classification Systems – Part I.” Investors have increasingly…

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Bringing Order to Chaos

Taxonomies can be used in different applications and for different purposes, but at their most basic, they organize and classify. This interesting information came to us from HRM Asia in their article, “Leveraging big data to meet future skills demand in the labour market.” The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has developed a taxonomy that captures…

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Why Taxonomies Matter

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Taxonomy is the practice and science of classifying things or concepts. Those of us in the business of information science know it as the essential tool to make content findable, regardless of the subject. Many others know it as the branch of science concerned with identifying and classifying species. It is not always regarded as…

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