Posts Tagged ‘Taxonomy’
Limerick Line-Up
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, some of our staff put together a few themed limericks (or the like) for your reading and enjoyment. There once was a group with no lists, Their content looked, said what’s this? So they contacted the experts Who made them one faster than the dirts. And now all their…
Read MoreHow High?
You know I enjoy finding the odd and/or reclusive taxonomy or classification. Besides bringing a smile to my face, they remind us that classifying and categorizing is part of our every day life, regardless of our profession. This time the topic is a little more interesting than men, clouds and pizza. Leafly brought us this…
Read MoreTaxonomy of Leprechauns: A Non-Authoritative Guide
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Leprechaun_ill_artlibre_jnl.png As befits any imaginary subject, there is no authoritative taxonomy of Leprechauns; like dragons, affordable housing in San Francisco, and happy SharePoint users–they do not, in fact, exist. This inconvenience does not, however, preclude speculation on the topic; there is (unsurprisingly) no shortage of information about Leprechauns on the Web and, indeed, in several…
Read MoreClassifying Men Who Classify Women
This past week was the annual celebration of International Women’s Day around the world. Many different recognition events and articles lifted up historical and current day women making their mark in this world. But what do the men think of this particular emphasis? The New York magazine brought this interesting information to us in their article,…
Read MoreAn Irish Learning Opportunity
Okay, it is Irish only in that it is being held on St. Patrick’s Day, but it will be a learning opportunity. Heather Hedden, senior vocabulary editor at Cengage Learning, will be facilitating the webinar “An Introduction to Taxonomies” on Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. A teacher at Simmons School of Library and Information…
Read MoreBuilding Relationships
Merriam Webster’s definition of thesaurus is “a book in which words that have the same or similar meanings are grouped together”. Like words themselves, the definitions evolve over time. This interesting information came from an unlikely source in The Christian Science Monitor and their article, “Not so lost in translation: How are words related?” Some words…
Read MoreHilariously Weird ICD-10 Codes
ICD-10 codes are used for medical billing purposes all over the world. If you limp into a healthcare facility with a broken ankle, there’s a code for that. If you catch the flu, there’s a code for that, too. Most of these codes are pretty standard fare for the medical field, and cover a wide…
Read MoreData Harmony Users Group in the Rear View Mirror
The 12th annual Data Harmony Users Group (DHUG) has come and gone. Twenty-five attendees joined the Access Innovations staff last week to hear case studies presented by users and presentations by Access Innovations and Data Harmony staff. The agenda was well planned with diverse approaches to managing data and being responsive to the unique needs…
Read MoreTurning the Bad Into Good
Cindy Acton from Cargill shared with the attendees of Data Harmony Users Group (#DHUG2016) how her organization uses Data Harmony to help their research and development team index and access technical reports. Cargill’s thesaurus contains over 9,000 terms and about 500 top level terms into a streamlined tool used by their researchers to find the…
Read MoreTaxonomies That Work
Ian Matzen from America’s Test Kitchen – home of the well known television show and foodie paradise – spoke to the Data Harmony Users Group (#DHUG2016) about their experience working with Access Innovations on consultation and refinement of their thesaurus. America’s Test Kitchen is a real 2,500 square foot test kitchen located just outside of Boston that…
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