Connecting the Taxonomy with Search
A customer asked me "how is the taxonomy connected to search?" Their search vendor says they can implement the full taxonomy. This is such a simple question - such a long winded answer below.
Genome Viewer Introduced
Elsevier has introduced Genome Viewer, a new interactive feature on SciVerse ScienceDirect that displays detailed gene or genomic sequence information for applicable life sciences journals.
Self-Discovery in Geekdom
What is your definition of a geek? It may not surprise you that there is no standard definition of a “geek.” However, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has created an interesting taxonomy for its annual “Science and Engineering Indicators” report.
Coordinating Platform and Taxonomy Implementations Intelligently
Why is it that people seem to feel that they need to get the platform and the technology in place and tested before they ever work on the organization of their information and cleaning up the data? They do not look at the data and what the data needs to be best used by the user community. I am repeatedly getting told that the DTD/Schema for the data and the taxonomy implementation have been pushed back because they are working on implementing the platform. What do they think the platform is for? Without well organized and well formed test data how will they even begin to know that the system will be able to work well for their information? How do they know that the user can find anything in the proposed system if they have no idea what the data is like? Where are the taxonomy terms going to go in the database or the record or the system? How are they bound to the information they reference? Building the platform first is like buying a pair of shoes without knowing either the size of the foot or the occasion for which they are to be worn. Rant! Rant
“Taxonomies in Search” Webinar
Continuing with the SLA Taxonomy Division’s webinar series, Taxonomies in Search webinar will be held Wednesday, August 10th at 1:00 p.m. EST (10:00 a.m. PST).
ASIS&T and Access Innovations Host Webinar
ASIS&T and Access Innovations are hosting a webinar on Wednesday, August 10, 2011, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (EDT). The webinar is named “Drilling Down to the Challenges of a SharePoint Taxonomy Implementation” and the facilitators will be Marjorie M.K. Hlava, President, Chairman, and founder of Access Innovations, Inc., and Joe Shepley, Vice President and Practice leader for Doculabs.
Pandora Continues to Grow in Use and Favor
Edison Research has released audience analysis that showcases ratings for Pandora internet radio, and they show that listeners are tuning in Pandora personalized radio more and more.
XBRL Taxonomy Search Tool Made Available
CompSci Resources, LLC is making available to the public its XBRL taxonomy search tool in order to assist issuers and mutual funds generate their XBRL submissions to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Talking About Wine
A new social monitoring tool has hit the market, but a very specific market. Cruvee focuse solely on the wine industry, allowing users to track and engage in conversations across the web with current and potential customers.