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June 2009

ARTICLES
De facto standards for semantic search?
Google's recent announcement of "rich snippets" in its Search Options feature gives a big boost to RDFa and microformats, two emerging de facto standards for semantic search.
 
POV: Where will semantic content come from?
Semantic Web technology is maturing, but where is the semantic content and editorial oversight?
 
By and about members (updated)
Our members are leading practitioners. Nearly half have published articles or made conference presentations. This updated list contains links to their work.
 
DIGEST
Knowledge Base Editor's Digest
This month's entries include an article about newspapers publishing nonprofits' content, a case study of NASA's semantic-powered expertise location system, and the use of semantic technologies in scientific publishing.
 
ROUNDTABLES & SEMINARS
Managing SharePoint metadata: The HP/EDS experience (July 22, 2009 via teleconference)
Mike Gardner of HP/EDS tells how his organization uses an in-house metadata tool to enforce consistency and to update metadata values across all SharePoint site collections in the enterprise.
 
Customizing — and governing — SharePoint search (August 25 - 26, 2009 via teleconference)
How to customize SharePoint search and create guidelines that ensure enterprise search effectiveness.
 
The Semantic Web in practice (September 22 - 24, 2009 via teleconference)
Introduction to the Semantic Web, case study (Semantic Web at O'Reilly Media), how to transition from a database to the Semantic Web.

Taxonomies, Search and SharePoint How-to (October 20 - 22, 2009 via teleconference)
Three-part teleconference series on the nuts-and-bolts of how to set up MOSS 2007 for navigation and search.
 
REGULAR FEATURES
Best of the Lists (collected wisdom of the world's information experts)
Faceted taxonomy examples
 
How to get the most from our Web site (tutorial)
17 slides that contain an overview of our content and tips on how to use it.
 
Top 20 articles
Links to the 20 most popular articles on this site based on our server statistics.
 
How to get university credit for Montague Institute courses
Nearly all graduate level programs offer the option for an independent study, practicum, or field experience. Montague Institute courses fit into any of these categories for degrees in information management, knowledge management, and similar interdisciplinary programs.
 
Last updated on June 16, 2009