Posts Tagged ‘Technology’
Content vs. Context
No one can argue that content quality is important, its relevance is evident. But how does it compare to context?
Read MoreCan Software Replace PR Professionals?
Like every other industry out there, the cost of human service is the most expensive column on the balance sheet. This makes it the one constantly targeted for automation to ultimately reduce cost and increase efficiency.
Read MoreChanges in the PR Industry
With the start of 2011 almost here, how will technology change the PR industry in the coming years? With a growing emphasis on specialized skill sets, the industry is becoming commoditized. Agencies are looking for specialists who bring access to a ready-made network of relevant contacts.
Read MoreSynthesys v3.0 Released
Digital Reasoning Systems Inc. released their flagship solution for cloud-scale analytics in government and commercial markets – Synthesys v3.0.
Read MoreMaster Data Management
There’s a lot of discussion lately about Master Data Management; what it is and isn’t. Why is this of interest to the taxonomy practitioner? To a large extent a controlled vocabulary is trying to accomplish the same thing at the conceptual level as MDM is at the data level. MDM removes ambiguity at the data level through a variety of means as described in the item referenced in the above link. The how and why of MDM can provide valuable insight into the data workings of an organization. This can lead to a much more powerful enterprise taxonomy – one that can truly span the vast store of enterprise content. An MDM initiative is an ideal place to insert a taxonomic strategy and implementation. Making the business case for a taxonomy initiative, getting it funded, approved, and implemented will be easier if you can align yourself with an MDM initiative. An MDM deployment to succeed must analyze and potentially process all of an organizations data stores. Resolving data and structural ambiguities is also a great time to resolve conceptual ambiguities.
Read MoreCan You Distinguish BI Information From Data?
No one is suffering from the lack of data. It is everywhere, flooding in our businesses, our homes, and our minds. How do we discern information that is intelligent and useful? For years businesses have been using Business Intelligence technologies for gathering and analyzing data as a key milestone in searching for better business decisions.
Read MoreSelecting Hardware and Software
by Marjorie M.K. Hlava First published in Information Today, Vol. 1, Issue 4 (April 1984). People are talking endlessly these days about the selection of hardware and software for your business, your library, your home, your children, your education, your games, your home security system, etc. The articles on the topic are numerous, and here’s yet…
Read MoreFile Design: Those Important First Steps
By Marjorie M.K. Hlava First published in Information Today In my first column, we discussed general editorial and file size considerations. This column discusses the file design questions and opportunities. The next issue will cover vocabulary control, indexing, and abstracting. Once you’ve set your editorial policy and fleshed out those basic questions on size and…
Read MoreCross Language Retrieval – English / Russian / French
Marjorie M.K. Hlava, President, Access Innovations, Inc. Dr. Gerold Belonogov, Professor and Head of Department, VINITI, Moscow, Russia Dr. Boris Kuznetsov, Head of Department, VINITI, Moscow, Russia Richard Hainebach, Director, EPMS bv-Ellis Publications, The Netherlands Note: This Working Paper was presented at the 1997 American Association for Artificial Intelligence Spring Symposium Series, March 24 –…
Read MoreHowlers: New Automation and Human Models Challenge Traditional Indexing
by John Blossom reprinted from www.shore.com/commentary The National Federation of Abstracting and Information Services (NFAIS) is an interesting collection of institutions and publishers joining to tackle issues in aggregating content through indexing, abstracts and leading content technologies. While there are certainly a good number of indexing experts in this set there are also many executives…
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