Latest Ontology Stories

NEW YORK, March 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- "Nonprofits are as prone to crisis - and as devastated by it - as public companies are," says crisis and reputation manager Davia Temin, CEO of Temin and Company. "Especially in the age of social media, when crisis hits nonprofits or universities, donations can dry up, partners can be alienated, and employees can decamp." Speaking today on "Your Foundation in Crisis: Will You Be Ready?" at Philanthropy New York - a nonprofit membership...

-Researchers at the University of Granada and the Abo Akademi in Finland have designed a new fuzzy ontology-based system to help making decisions in our daily life. -For instance, this system can help a person choose a wine, but it can also be useful in complex negotiations between countries fighting for their interests in the European Union framework. A group of researchers have designed a new fuzzy ontology-based system to help people in disagreement reach consensus. This system, which...

NEWTON, Mass., Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Attivio today announced Version 3.5 of its award-winning Active Intelligence Engine® (AIE®). Version 3.5 features a new Ontology Module and event-driven visualization capabilities that let analysts immediately understand what's happening on large, multi-node systems. Additional enhancements include expanded SQL support and automatic generation of thumbnail and preview images to help customers more rapidly view and retrieve critical...

A survey of 1,000-plus Americans turns into plea for new safeguards against ID theft. Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) January 18, 2013 Only 5% of Americans feel the government is very effective in protecting against identity theft, according to a survey by CreditDonkey.com, a credit card comparison website. Survey Findings: http://www.creditdonkey.com/government-protect.html "Consumers want lawmakers to do more to protect us against identity theft," says Charles Tran, founder of...

'Three Ways to View the World' says exploration into existence requires broadening mental horizons Toronto, Ontario (PRWEB) January 19, 2013 What does a journey into the cosmic void look like? A map of visions for the human condition, shaped by inspiring contributions from former thought-pioneers, 'Three Ways to View the World', by William Salo is a ground-breaking release that will challenge accepted dogmas and personal thought-boundaries. 'Three Ways to View the...

NORTHWICH, Cheshire, December 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Although Christmas is fun for adults too, this time of year is particularly exciting for children, and lots of the events that take place over the holiday season are intended to help kids enjoy themselves. Schools and households up and down the country are getting ready for their Christmas parties and Little Treasures Party Bags [http://www.littletreasurespartybags.co.uk ] is there to help. The team at Little...

NEW YORK, Dec. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In her new book, Full Cup, Thirsty Spirit (Hay House, December 31, 2012) psychology expert Karen Horneffer-Ginter, Ph.D. encourages readers to re-think the fullness of their calendars and to consider all that's right with themselves and their lives. "This way of approaching the New Year is different from the more typical resolution that focuses on what's wrong with our lives and what we should be doing more of," she said. While her ideas...

Botany is plagued by the same problem as the rest of science and society: our ability to generate data quickly and cheaply is surpassing our ability to access and analyze it. In this age of big data, scientists facing too much information rely on computers to search large data sets for patterns that are beyond the capability of humans to recognize—but computers can only interpret data based on the strict set of rules in their programming. New tools called ontologies provide the rules...

BEIJING, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Hudong.com, the world's largest Chinese-language encyclopedia website, recently entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with Beijing Wanfang Data, a well-known China-based information and content service provider. The two companies' open-ended cooperation will combine their respective distinctive resources to provide accurate matching of Hudong.com's terminology with Beijing Wanfang Data's tens of millions of scientific and...

Generating a scientific awareness on ‘How we exist in relation to the universe’ is a new initiative being taken by Neeti Sinha through her company Perceptions. Utilizing concepts in mathematics, findings in physics, and taking into account the role of the mind, Dr. Sinha will show how the Ultimate Reality can be accessed scientifically. The subject of the Ultimate Reality will be communicated through guest talks and in the form of books and articles. St Louis, MO (PRWEB) February 09,...