Posts Tagged ‘Taxonomy’
Political Taxonomy
Regardless of your political affilitation, if you have any at all, this entertaining and interesting take on another taxonomy piqued my interest, and hopefully will do the same for you.
Read MoreA Quick Look Behind the Scenes
The workings of a taxonomy or thesaurus in a database or website can seem mysterious. Let’s take a look behind the scenes. irst of all, we need the taxonomy or thesaurus in digital form, either as a separate file or as it exists in a specialized software application. The screenshot below is from the editorial user interface of a thesaurus software application.
Read MoreTime Warp
I have a confession to make. For as long as I can remember, I have been fascinated with time travel. Many books I read as a teenager were related in some way or another with the subject and television shows like Land of the Lost as a child sucked me into the topic and I have never wanted to leave.
Read MoreFindability Is Easier With Taxonomies
KnowledgeSpeak brought this news to our attention in their article, “ASTM International selects Scope eKnowledge Center to provide enhanced smart content and MARC cataloging services.” Scope is known for developing facets with a taxonomic structure to enable robust cross-domain search. This project will broaden these ‘smart content’ services to include a Portuguese language version of the taxonomy, facets, and keywords to enhance the discoverability of its content by its Brazilian end users.
Read MoreWhere Do Terms Go?
Over the past several weeks, we have looked at various topics involving taxonomies and thesauri. And we have seen that controlled vocabularies are an important part of search and browsing. But how are taxonomies put to use? What about the terms? Where do they go? Exactly how are they put to use in search? What are the different ways that a taxonomy can be used in search?
Read MoreTaxonomies Are Everywhere
here are taxonomies everywhere. Walk into Home Depot or your nearest grocery store and look up. The aisle markers tell you where to find what you are looking for — in broad terms and hopefully, related terms.
Read MoreDon’t Lower Your Standards
Pingar recently introduced its beta Taxonomy Generator Service, which will enable enterprises to generate instant taxonomies from an analysis of the content on large internal document sets.
Read MoreThe Taxonomy of Love
Because it is the famously sweet Hallmark holiday and I am feeling a bit silly, I went on search for a Taxonomy of Love. What better day than Valentine’s Day than to dissect and tear apart what others see as mystical and ethereal?
Read MoreStandards are Needed
MedTouch has launched two strategic websites: washington.providence.org and montana.providence.org. Both websites are powered by the MedTouch Healthcare Accelerator Package for Sitecore.
Read MoreSeeking Comprehensive Results
Daminion Software has released its digital asset management (DAM) system, appropriately named Daminion Server. This program is targeted to home users who want to create a centralized photo and video archive that could be accessible from all computers in a local network.
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