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The Society of Motion and Television Engineers Publishes Language Metadata Table Standard

The Society of Motion and Television Engineers (SMPTE), the leading standards governing body for media and entertainment engineering, announced that it has co-developed the Language Metadata Table (LMT) standard with the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA), a leading community of media technology executives. The LMT is the first-ever system of standardized language codes embraced […]

New taxonomy to help fast-track safe automated driving

The British Standards Institution (BSI), in its role as the National Standards Body, published the first taxonomy for specifying the Operational Design Domain (ODD) of an Automated Driving System (ADS). The new standard defines a common language for describing the operating conditions an automated vehicle has been designed to function. PAS 1883 Operational Design Domain […]

Blinding Identity Taxonomy

Regulations such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) provide a sound legal framework to handle personal data. What constitutes personal data, however, becomes ambiguous in the context of technical implementation and the level of cryptographic assurance required for protecting the identity of a governing entity. Moreover, the […]

Taxonomy for helping Doctors Diagnose and Treat Pain

For medical researchers, defining pain has always been a challenge because there are no formal classifications that can help doctors make a confident diagnosis. In 2012, the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), therefore, reached out to the World Health Organization (WHO), which maintains the authoritative International Classification of Diseases (ICD), to explore […]

How Knowledge Graphs Can Help Investigative Reporting

Investigative reporters trawl many sources and gather information as a part of their work. One of their routine tasks is figuring out whether one piece of information is the same as another by considering many factors. Another chore is to find matching fragments of the evidence in a multitude of locations and then patching those […]

New Game Taxonomy for Users, Developers, and Publishers

Categorizing games meaningfully and consistently present a challenge because there are diverse game archetypes and hybrids. The constant innovation happening in the field adds complexity to the challenge. A well-defined taxonomy like the recently launched game taxonomy would help in grouping, classifying, and labeling, so that information can be exchanged quickly within the game ecosystem. […]

Optimizing Regulatory Reporting through Ontologies

Data organizations play a vital role in helping the financial services sector overcome the longer-term impacts of COVID-19. Notably, in terms of re-evaluating and adapting their Chief Data Office (CDO) strategy to deliver fresh benefits and working paradigms. In this context, the benefits of optimizing regulatory reporting through the adoption of ontologies cannot be overlooked. […]

Maintaining an Impartial Controlled Vocabulary in a Bilingual Environment

To facilitate the retrieval of the mass of documents by subject and to optimize the visibility of the documents to search engines, the Library of Parliament’s Parliamentary Information and Research Service maintains an internal controlled vocabulary, the Library of Parliament Subject Taxonomy. Maintaining an impartial controlled vocabulary in a bilingual environment, where political sensitivities are […]

Why Develop a Global Crypto-Asset Taxonomy

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), the global industry group for exchanges and Central Clearing Counterparties (CCPs), has asked the Financial Stability Board (FSB), and other international standard-setting bodies, to develop, adopt and employ a global taxonomy. The growth of stablecoins has created a need for a standard classification or definition of a Global Stablecoin (GSC) or a crypto-asset.

How many facets should be there in a faceted taxonomy?

A principle drawn from cognitive science is to have 7+/- 2 facets in a faceted taxonomy, where 7 denotes the number of things people can remember at any given time. However, there are numerous factors that a taxonomist takes into consideration before deciding on the ideal number of facets while developing a faceted taxonomy.