Posts Tagged ‘Taxonomy’
The Bad Boss
It is not uncommon to hear folks describe their supervisors as dysfunctional, but that is somewhat vague for describing behavior. Are they manic? Do they expect too much? Do they take credit for your work? The Washington Post brought these interesting considerations to our attention in their article, “How dysfunctional is your boss?” Researchers at the…
Read MoreThe Role of Taxonomists
Taxonomy plays a vital scientific role: collecting and cataloging the natural world for study. Being a taxonimist may not seem to be exciting but for those in the field, they disagree. This interesting topic came from ABC in their article, “A day in the life of a museum taxonomist.” Dr Amber Beavis is a research scientist…
Read MoreDon’t Blame the Christmas Tree
The general public is unaware that there are so many variety of Christmas trees. Sure they know of the blue spruce, a couple types of fir like Fraser and Canaan, and the traditional white pine – but most believe all of those are evergreens. The meanings of the words “evergreen” and “conifer” are not the same…
Read MoreThe Ghosts of Concepts Future
The bell struck twelve. The Phantom slowly, gravely, silently, approached. … It was shrouded in a deep black garment, which concealed its head, its face, its form, and left nothing of it visible save one outstretched hand. But for this it would have been difficult to detach its figure from the night, and separate it from…
Read MoreUsing Taxonomies to Organize Associations
as·so·ci·a·tion (ə-sō′sē-ā′shən) We use taxonomies and ontologies to organize document collections. But controlled vocabularies (of a sort) are also used to organize the aisles in a grocery or hardware store, clothes in the closet, and your kitchen. In the last two cases, the subject matter expert (SME) is definitely you! If you are more comfortable…
Read MoreMaking Content Findable
Elsevier recently introduced its Chemical Resistance Database: Plastics and Elastomers. It characterizes the effect of thousands of reagents, the environment, and other exposure media. This database enables organizations to search for materials and substances properties data that includes information about both commercially available and “retired” plastics. The data is carefully curated from various sources, including commercial…
Read MoreTalk About the Weather
The weather professionals have been puffed up and posturing with graphs, maps and all their Doppler mechanisms for several weeks now trying to predict what the winter of 2015-16 will be like. Will there be blizzards like we’ve never seen? Will there be ice storms that shut down cities, airports and interstates? Or will it…
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…
Read MoreCategorizing the Sweets
When someone says Thanksgiving food, most people think turkey. But not everyone. For some, the end of the meal holds the greatest interest and treasures. Thus why this Dessert Taxonomy caught my eye on the blog, Bobulate. Whether it is the cookie classification or the pie category, the ooey gooey sweet treats that keeps the…
Read MoreFree Semantic Technology Webinar
Semantic technology still amazes users with its human-like ability to understand the meaning of words in context. This particular technology is being increasingly used in enterprises to quickly respond to changes in the business, gain insight into customers and markets, and to become more proactive as an organization. Learn more about it by attending the…
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