Cloud Computing And Geo Apps
In a recent Amazon Web Services (AWS) blog post, Jinesh Varia discusses the role of the Cloud and how it is well suited to supporting […]
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Search Not Enough For Digital Asset Management
In this FUMSI article, Fran Alexander of the BBC Archive argues that text search alone is inadequate to support business processes that are typically required of a Digital Asset Management system. She also critiques a variety of techniques including Tagging, CBIR (Content Based Image Retrieval), Face Recognition, Speech to Text …
Continue reading »Dissecting Digital Asset Management Expertise: The Skills Required To Develop DAM
Tom Gleason, writing on the ResourceSpace Labs Blog discusses required skills to develop DAM systems. The points are obviously slightly skewed towards ResourceSpace (in terms of the PHP development skills mentioned) but are generally applicable to most other DAMs also:
- Graphics/File Formats
- Metadata
- SQL
- PHP/HTML/CSS
- Server Administration
- Workflow
If you …
Continue reading »Control vs Usability: Managing The Balance Between User Engagement & User Management
Rob Gray (from Google’s Enterprise division) discusses the trade-off between user control and usability in this Enterprise 2.0 blog guest post:
“One of the biggest problems with “systems of control” such as most records management systems, is that they have been designed for records managers, not end users. The …
Continue reading »Online Video Commoditisation: “Not A Dirty Word”
Dan Rayburn of Streamingmedia.com discusses the issue of commoditisation on a recent blog and contends that it is not a “dirty word” but a healthy trend that allows vendors to demonstrate how their technologies are acquiring mass acceptance and scaling to meet increasing demand:
“No single individual including myself …
Continue reading »Applying Mathematical Models To The Semantic Web
In Facets=Classes=Sets, Marlene Rockmore writing on The Taxonomy Blog discusses how formal techniques from mathematical models like Sets (Venn diagrams) can and should be applied to The Semantic Web to ensure that the goal of seamlessly integrated web information applications and resources becomes more readily attainable:
“To create taxonomies …
Continue reading »Choosing A Scanner
John Kaiser writing on the Digital Landfill blog considers 8 factors to think about when choosing a scanner:
- Scan Speed and Duty Cycle.
- Flatbed or Auto Feeder?
- Resolution.
- Ability to Sort Documents.
- Image Enhancement Features.
- Imprinter and Imprint Checking.
- Consumables and Maintenance.
- Colour capabilities.
“While creating an Information Management …
Continue reading »Dealing With Large Scale Data: Theory And Practice
Ian Soboroff’s “Pseudo” Posterous blog entry considers the problem of big data, which he defines as “data that’s bigger than what you can comfortably store and process right now“. He offers a background to the ‘big data’ problem and considers various Cloud oriented techniques as well as using …
Continue reading »Learning From The Wisdom Of The Crowd
Michael Peckham writing on the Digital Landfill blog considers 8 methods for learning from the wisdom of crowds (if you subscribe to this theory):
- Learn to Tolerate Some Chaos, Within Reason.
- Mine your Data.
- Periodically Take Stock of the Best Organic, Ad Hoc Ways of Organizing and “Graduate” Them into
The Future Of Book Indexing: Cloud Vs Algorithm
Seth Maislin writing on the Earley Associates blog discusses the role of indexing (for books and publications) and how a ‘Cloud’ based approach where end users contribute to produce the index may provide a method for publishers to continue to index titles. He also considers how manual indexing is disappearing …
Continue reading »Kaltura HTML5 Sequencer Available On Wikimedia Commons
The Kaltura HTML5 video sequencer is now available on Wikimedia Commons and allows rudimentary video editing (via EDLs – Edit Decision Lists) using an HTML5 interface. The demo is definitely very powerful and it’s hard to believe it’s purely browser based.
“The Kaltura HTML5 sequencer Edit Decision list format …
Continue reading »Business Questions About Semantically Linked Data
Orri Erling, writing on on the Open Link Software Blog discussed the business of Semantically Linked Data. Several business related questions are considered in the article:
- Why is there no single dominant vendor?
- Can there be a positive reinforcement cycle, or is this an up-front infrastructure investment?
- Will the web