Where to store content is one of the first and most important decisions when implementing and customizing a search system. In SharePoint alone, there are more than 10 content storage options. This article discusses the pros and cons of each as well as how content decisions affect search usability.
This month's entries include a big grant to develop Semantic Web platforms in science, preview of new features in SharePoint 2010, annotated list of 10 federal government social networking sites, and a mobile application that lets scientists and citizens create a Web database.
Backgrounder for the December 17 roundtable "Migrating metadata to the Semantic Web." Its purpose is to orient you to the roundtable context and help you understand the concepts and tools discussed. This session takes a big-picture view of the topic and is designed for the layman, not the computer scientist.
Barbara McGlamery of Time Interactive and Rachel Lovinger of Razorfish will tell how they used a Semantic Web standard called RDF (Resource Description Framework) to add new kinds of relationships to enhance search and navigation on Time's magazine Web sites.
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