Taxonomy – Page 55

And We’re Off!

By Melody Smith | February 10, 2014

Today is the first day of a week full of training, information sharing, and networking at Access Innovation’s 10th Annual Data Harmony Users Group (DHUG) meeting. A full-day overview of the Data Harmony software suite takes place today to provide a solid foundation for deeper understanding of the core meeting sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Taxonomy About Spending, or Not

By Melody Smith | January 31, 2014

It has been awhile since I shared a unique taxonomy with you and this one certainly caught my eye, for many reasons. My mother and sister are notorious for doing anything to save a dollar. I am quite often convinced they spend more trying to save than they save, but I wouldn’t dare say that to them. So this interesting taxonomy was found on Direct Marketing in their article, “Infographic: The Taxonomy of the Penny-Pincher.”

What to Expect in 2014?

By Melody Smith | January 29, 2014

E-discovery is a huge part of search technology. Increasingly, e-discovery demands involve other electronic information disciplines, like records management, cyber security and corporate compliance. This interesting information came from CMSWire in their post, “E-Discovery Trends for 2014.”

The Changing Challenges for Semantic Enrichment

By Melody Smith | January 27, 2014

Changes and trends in information technology are perhaps best discovered by examining what users of IT say about how they’re using it. One of those opportunities is happening soon. Every year, Access Innovations hosts a meeting for users of the company’s Data Harmony software products. The theme of this year’s Data Harmony Users Group meeting is “Then and Now: Addressing the Changing Needs of Semantic Enrichment.” This begs some questions: Just what are the new challenges that semantic enrichment needs to meet? And why are the needs changing? Some preliminary answers may be found in the DHUG meeting agenda.

Taxonomies to the Rescue

By Melody Smith | January 23, 2014

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) continues and day-to-day operations are changing for many healthcare providers. For example, hospitals must now shift their patient records systems to electronic medical records, which introduces additional challenges during an already stressful time. This interesting and relevant news was found on ebizQ in their article, “Taxonomy Aids Navigation of Turbulent Healthcare Environment.”

Data Analyst Sought

By Melody Smith | January 22, 2014

As we strive to be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, ontology, etc., we are always excited to share career opportunities that we find with our readers. Even if you aren’t 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.

Emotions Categorized

By Melody Smith | January 17, 2014 |

Researchers are producing a behavioral catalog which would be emotionally helpful for patients and assist doctors in being more compassionate while dealing with them. The catalog will guide medical training and education by breaking down the discourse and analyzing the context. This interesting information came from News Tonight Africa in their article, “Researchers Hope to Create a Behavioral Taxonomy to Guide Medical Training.”

Class is Everything

By Melody Smith | January 16, 2014

EDItEUR has published a new subject classification system intended for use throughout the global book and e-book trade.

New Acquisition Creates Mega-Database

By Melody Smith | January 15, 2014

The Tribune Co. has agreed to buy the Gracenote subsidiary from Sony for $170 million. This will add a music metadata service to its video metadata operation. Gracenote is best known for its music metadata, used by a number of streaming music services. The Gracenote database gets 550 million look-ups each day and more than 16 billion every month. This news come from CED Magazine in their article, “Tribune to buy Gracenote for $170M.”

Content Enrichment Enriches

By Melody Smith | January 10, 2014

There has been an online debate recently about the distinction between text analytics and semantic content enrichment. Many think there are no differences, just terminology preferences, while others believe there are distinct differences in the definitions and their uses. We found this interesting information on CMSWire in their article, “Smart Content Reviewed: Text Analytics & Semantic Content Enrichment.”