Digital Asset Management

Linked Data: An Introduction | Navigating New Horizons. I keep hearing the term Linked Data, but what does it mean? More or less what it says. All the data on the Internet linked together. And that is important to me because…? Your company, like everyone else’s company has a number of separate processes going. Accounts, marketing, [...]

I Have Yet to Metadata I Didn’t Like » AI3:::Adaptive Information. Contrasted with Some Observations on Linked Data At the SemTech conference earlier this summer there was a kind of vuvuzela-like buzzing in the background. And, like the World Cup games on television, in play at the same time as the conference, I found the droning to be [...]

Image via CrunchBase Companies of all sizes invest heavily to develop content they hope will boost brand awareness, sell goods and services, and increase customer loyalty. This content, however, can be spread across multiple servers and repositories where it is difficult for readers and search engines to find. Simple keyword searches assume the audience is [...]

Image via Wikipedia via Understanding how search is moving beyond the traditional search box. comScore has shared its perspective on the role that new types of searches will play in the future of search and the importance of measuring all types of search equitably across the industry. The company is set to add a new dimension [...]

An Executive Intro to Ontologies » AI3:::Adaptive Information. Ontologies are the structural frameworks for organizing information on the semantic Web and within semantic enterprises. They provide unique benefits in discovery, flexible access, and information integration due to their inherent connectedness; that is, their ability to represent conceptual relationships. Ontologies can be layered on top of existing information assets, which [...]

Web 3.0 will be a catalyst for a paradigm shift that’s at least a few more years away. But it won’t result in a sudden brave new world of information management, regardless of what marketing materials and industry thought leaders would have you believe

Taxonomy: The New Hip « Answer Maven. Several years back the word taxonomy meant little to others than those in the academic circles or librarians. However, in recent years taxonomies have been gaining in popularity in the corporate world and in medium and smaller organizations. The reason for this can be seen in the incredible [...]

Streetfilms have made a great video making the case for opening up (US) public transit data. It nicely illustrates what can be done if private people have access to public information in a reusable way. (what is reusable public service information?) More @ http://www.zylstra.org/blog/

Image via Wikipedia CIA, Google Invest in ‘Future’ Web Algorithm — Redmondmag.com. The search giant Google and the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency are investing in a company working to track Web-browsing behavior. Both companies are funneling money into Recorded Future, a company researching a new Web-browsing analytics tool that could be used to estimate the future [...]

Image via Wikipedia 5 technologies that will change the market — Washington Technology. 2. and 3. Search and the Semantic Web The relationship between search technology and the Semantic Web is a perfect illustration of how a small sustaining technology, such as a basic search feature on an operating system, will eventually be eaten up [...]