Posts Tagged ‘Taxonomy’
Visualizing Your Data
Data visualization is the presentation of data in a pictorial or graphical format. It enables decision makers to see analytics presented visually, so they can grasp difficult concepts or identify new patterns. Visualizing complex data can be a challenge but also offers unique opportunities to direct perception without drowning in spreadsheets, numbers and queries. At…
Read MoreCall for Papers – Taxonomy Boot Camp
Taxonomy Boot Camp 2016 will focus on taxonomy methodologies inspired by a range of disciplines, including cognitive science, data management, and user experience design. Learn more about diverse practical approaches that will improve your taxonomy development and implementation skills. This year’s theme is “Beyond Awareness: Honing the Craft.” This year’s boot camp will be November…
Read MoredataCloud, LLC and Access Innovations, Inc. Launch Semantics-Based Big Data Solution
dataCloud, LLC and Access Innovations, Inc. have teamed up to create Topic Seeker™, a semantics-based solution for big data. Topic Seeker analyzes text-based content and organizes it by topic, allowing publishers and other organizations to see changing trends in their respective fields, develop conference tracks based on current topic relevance, and many other applications. “Analytics…
Read MoreDigging Deep into Hierarchy
Understanding polyhierarchy within taxonomies can be a challenge, but not an insurmountable one. This interesting information came from Heather Hedden’s blog, The Accidental Taxonomist, in the post titled, “Polyhierarchy in the SharePoint Term Store.” Polyhierarchy means a taxonomy term has more than one broader term or parent term. In a traditional hierarchical taxonomy structure, a term…
Read MoreName of the Game
For the average reader, details like hyphens may seem irrelevant to the content and overall message. But those in the taxonomy field understand all too well how important details can be in classifying data and retrieving it easily. Making content findable is the name of the game. This interesting information came from jboyd.net the post, “Aves—A…
Read MoreGroundhog Day: Names and Recursions
I’m sure you’re all just like me and waiting anxiously to hear the results from Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, whence this very day we will find out from Punxsy Phil whether spring will come early this year or we have to wait six more weeks (pro tip: In the Northern Hemisphere, it’s always going to fall on…
Read MoreMore Access to Databases
The U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), in collaboration with Boston University School of Medicine has announced the launch of the Health Literacy Tool Shed. This interesting news came from the Library Journal in their article, “Reference: National Library of Medicine Releases New Health Literacy Tool Shed Website.” The Health Literacy Tool Shed is a free,…
Read MoreTaxonomy and Metadata Specialist Needed
To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, 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…
Read MoreArtist Classified
You know my fascination with unique taxonomies and classifications. This past week, we lost a cultural icon in David Bowie’s death. So I consider this latest find a treasure. Vulture brought this one to us in their article, “A Taxonomy of David Bowie’s Many Personas and Their Many Imitators.” David Bowie’s musical influence has cast a…
Read MoreTaxonomist Position Available
To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, 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…
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