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3D 21st Century Taxonomies « Making Knowledge Work.

Fran Alexander has an enviable talent for taking the terror out of taxonomy.  Her pre-dinner talk made LIKE 11 (our first anniversary meeting) a thoroughly enjoyable and enlightening event.
She began by explaining that people have been organising ideas and making lists for thousands of years. By the time of [...]

Ontology matching is a promising solution to the semantic heterogeneity problem

An ontology typically provides a vocabulary that describes a domain of interest and a specification of the meaning of terms used in the vocabulary. Depending on the precision of this specification, the notion of ontology encompasses several data/conceptual models, for example, classifications, database schemas, [...]

Content analysis: Using taxonomies to improve collaboration « Open Intelligence.

Ark Group presents our One-day MASTER CLASS
February 10, 2010 – Holborn Bars, London
Thanks to the Internet, the world has become a swelling ocean full of data. One grand challenge of our age is to find a way to harness that data. And that’s where [...]

Perhaps I am starting to suffer from “deformation professionelle”, but I am constantly surprised by how often I am still asked “Why do we need classification now we have free text search and Google?”. This post is designed to answer the question. If you are an info pro, it won’t tell you anything you don’t [...]

Great resource on the semantic web, some light reading over the festive season (inserts sad geek emoticon)
The Semantic Web provides a common framework that allows data to be shared and reused across application, enterprise, and community boundaries. It is a collaborative effort led by W3C with participation from a large number of researchers and industrial [...]

Trends: So what is metadata, anyway?.

Writing about metadata is risky business, since every post and every tweet potentially starts the same discussion: what exactly is metadata, anyway? So here’s my ambitious attempt to cut to the chase, and open the can of worms again.
Why would you care, anyway? Isn’t this just some highly [...]

Ontology-driven Applications Using Adaptive Ontologies » AI3:::Adaptive Information.

A Low-risk Path to the Open World, Semantic Enterprise
OK, you’ve been reading the literature and perhaps have attended a conference or two. You have heard a lot about semantic technologies, but have some real questions and concerns:

How do we get started, especially with smaller proofs-of-concept?
Do we need [...]

From metadata to the meaning of life, and all points between, the DAM Busters crew ( Editor-in-Chief Paul Quigley spoke with Henrik de Gyor and Mark Davey) waxed lyrical with Pearson’s Director of Content Madi Solomon
DAM Busters Episode 2
Subjects covered: Taxonomy, Ontology, Philosophical borders and Nerd Hubris

Photo organization: How Geoff does it | Photodoto.

Photodoto reader Geoff Coupe sent in some very helpful and detailed responses to my plea for help regarding my Great Photo Organization Project (which is still proceeding although I haven’t updated the sidebar in a little while). Here are his excellent responses to my questions (and you can read [...]

Automated Classification | Recommind.

Enterprises of all sizes and in all verticals are drowning in data.  By many accounts, enterprise information growth is averaging 50-100% year over year, with unstructured enterprise information alone growing at a rate of 100-200% per year.  Furthermore, email archives only make the problem worse by providing yet another repository into which [...]