Posts Tagged ‘Taxonomies’
Access Innovations Completes Mapping Engagement with EDO
Access Innovations, Inc., provider of Data Harmony software solutions, is proud to announce the successful completion of a data taxonomy project with leading data analytics company EDO Inc., who contracted with Access Innovations to build a proprietary taxonomy to enable marketers to easily search, view, and compare TV advertisements. The project required Access Innovations, Inc.…
Read MoreTaxonomy Architect Opportunity Available
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 MoreApplying Taxonomies in Shopping
Taxonomies are everywhere and even if they aren’t labeled as such, they do exist in any capacity that needs to successfully and efficiently find data. One such example is etsy.com. This interesting information came to us from Info Q in their article, “An Introduction to Structured Data at Etsy.” Etsy is about the unique and…
Read MoreClassifying the Bards and the Bangles?
Taxonomies do not belong to one science or interest. They can be applied anywhere from a grocery store to plant anatomy to hip hop music? A music fan (err geek) decided to compare the vocabulary of the literary world’s giant, Shakespeare, to those of famous hip hop artists. Shakespeare’s vocabulary across his entire corpus is said…
Read MoreAccess Innovations Enhances Search on McGraw-Hill’s AccessEngineering
Access Innovations, Inc., provider of Data Harmony software solutions, is proud to announce a recently completed project with McGraw-Hill to create a series of robust taxonomies that will support the back end of AccessEngineering. These taxonomies will improve search functionality for those interested in AccessEngineering’s educational materials. During the course of the project, three taxonomies were…
Read MoreClass What?
How would you organize all the world’s information? The breadth and width of that content would take your breath away. Wouldn’t it be the same as Wikipedia? During the early part of its development, Wikidata used a hierarchical taxonomy to organize its data entries. The system was called GND—a German initialism, Gemeinsame Normdatei, which translates to “Integrated Authority…
Read MoreTaxonomy Analyst Opportunity Available
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 MoreFinding Value in Taxonomies
Taxonomies are important and provide a valuable foundation for any enterprise search strategy. This interesting topic came to us from CMS Wire in their article, “Naming of Parts: What Taxonomies Bring to Enterprise Search.” A taxonomy is a hierarchical array of related terms which can be used to widen or narrow a query term. What this…
Read MoreSweet Stuff
You know how much I like finding odd and unique taxonomies. I find it a little humorous and comforting to know that taxonomies exist in all parts of our lives, not just information science or biology. Today’s gem is for all those taxonomists who have a sweet tooth – or maybe I should say sour tooth? Sour candies, like many…
Read MoreTaxonomies of the Backyard
You know how much I like finding odd and unique taxonomies. I find it a little humorous and comforting to know that taxonomies exist in all parts of our lives, not just information science or biology. Today’s gem is really an oversimplified taxonomy based on barbecue and feels appropriate considering the season. It provides definitions, history and some anecdotes…
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