The Role of Food

Food is the center of seemingly everything we do. It’s a cultural nexus—when we celebrate religious things, food is at the middle of it. When we talk about the greatest environmental damage that we do, food is at the center of it. When we talk about our health, food is the most important thing. Even…

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Poor Pluto

Pluto is a celestial object with an eccentric orbit. A minor planet classification (MPC) is its identification now, but for 76 years, Pluto was considered a full-fledged planet. A group of astronomers are working to reclassify it as a planet again, while yet another equally influential cabal of astronomers are fighting to keep it status quo. Business Standard brought…

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Access Innovations Taxonomist Takes on Classification

Is a hot dog a sandwich? Who gets to decide? And why does it matter? As part of their Professional Development member benefits, the Taxonomy Division of the Special Libraries Assocation hosts webinars on taxonomy and related topics. These webinars and recordings are Free to all Taxonomy Division Members. Non-members register for individual webinars for…

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File Analytics and Data Webinar

Data is data, but it certainly can change your business strategy, depending on your line of business. This interesting information came to us from the Oil & Gas Journal in their article, “How File Analytics can lead to more Profitable Acquisitions and Divestiture of well assets.” Acquisitions and divestitures provide great opportunities for business growth…

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The Oscars of Taxonomy

Taxonomy Boot Camp London has announced the first ever Taxonomy Boot Camp London awards. This new addition is designed to highlight the very best practitioners and organizations working with taxonomies today. Knowledge Speak brought this interesting news to our attention in their article, “Taxonomy Boot Camp London invites nominations for the inaugural Taxonomy Boot Camp London…

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Taxonomies in Action

MDR, a division of Dun & Bradstreet, has put together a database of 140,000 District Influencers. This enhances its school district staff taxonomy to reflect the relationship between top level decision makers and the support staff that often have an influential role in advising and informing senior staff on key decisions. This interesting information came to us…

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Enterprise Resource Planning Game is Changing

Organizations must have corporate taxonomies in place to manage increasingly intelligent enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and broader data insights. This interesting topic came to us from Financial Executives in their article, “Managing in an Unlimited Visibility World: A Q&A With SAP’s Thack Brown.” ERP is essential to running all aspects of a business, including…

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Taxonomy Editor 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.…

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Social Nomenclature in Music Monikers

“That would be a great band name” is almost as common of a response as “That’s what she said…” in our current culture. But seriously, we have all paused at one time or another to wondered where musical groups get the inspiration for their band names. One aspect of the music world that has always…

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