ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (September 2, 2003) – The American Water Works Association (AWWA), largest organization of water supply professionals in the world, is citing productivity gains of 50% or more in its content management processing with Data Harmony’s XML Intranet SystemTM (XIS) software. Kurt Keeley, database manager in the Technical Support Group at AWWA’s Denver, Colorado headquarters, claims that since installing the Data Harmony suite, “We’re still experiencing improved productivity and flexibility to handle new projects unheard of just 2 years ago. Data Harmony is allowing us the opportunity to move relatively seamlessly in step with the organization’s new content management systems.”
Citing AWWA’s challenges, Keeley said their move from another relational database to the XML Intranet SystemTM (XIS) was accomplished “painlessly, and cost effectively, without losing data, while positioning our data in a format exportable to multiple formats and projects.” He added that “safeguarding the data…in XML allows for increased productivity and flexibility.”
With more than 50,000 members, AWWA promotes public health and welfare relative to drinking water and is proactive in advancing the technology, science, management, and government policies regarding the stewardship of water, its quality and sufficiency of supply. In support of that mission, AWWA uses Data Harmony’s Machine Aided IndexerTM (M.A.I.) to speed publication of its WATERNET database on CD-ROM. Says Keeley, “Our staffing was going down, the work load was increasing, and we needed more efficient ways to store and move data without major staff intervention. I estimate that M.A.I. has improved our productivity by 50 per cent.” AWWA employs editors both at the headquarters office and remotely. “M.A.I. helps us avoid ‘editorial drift,’ the system is accessible by remote staff, and it’s customizable as well,” Keeley notes. “We have adapted to link records with urls and pdfs and…to include multiple media types. XIS was an excellent investment for us, reliable, scalable, and ahead of its time for internal data storage and management,” Keeley says.
WATERNET is the most comprehensive bibliographic database on the water industry available, with access to more than 50,000 references to journal articles, books, conference proceedings, government reports, and technical papers from internationally recognized publishers around the world. A subset on desalinization issues is under development. To learn more, visit their website at www.awwa.org.
The Data Harmony suite of content management tools contains these main components: M.A.I., Machine Aided IndexerTM ; and TM, Thesaurus MasterTM; and 44 load-ready Knowledge Domains. Each component works independently or in any combination with the others. Available since 1998 as network server versions, M.A.I. and TM are now available as single user modules as well. Data Harmony is the brand name for software tools developed by Access Innovations, Inc. Access specializes in outsourced database development and maintenance, data capture, conversion, and migration services, abstracting and indexing, document analysis, Internet and intranet services, and text and data element tagging. You may learn more by visiting the websites at www.dataharmony.com, and www.accessinn.com.
Data Harmony, the software arm of Access Innovations, offers a range of tools that seamlessly work with the newly offered domain taxonomies. For example, Thesaurus Master allows creation of a full ISO/NISO standard compliant thesaurus with customization options for adaptation to web and publishing environments. The Machine Assisted Indexing (MAI) module includes natural language, semantic, syntactic, and statistical algorithms in addition to allowing the user to further control and refine their automatic classification system through a sophisticated rule base creation interface. The Data Harmony system is controlled at the desktop by the user rule base interface and does not require complex training and retraining of sets as terms change in usage or association.
Domain taxonomies are available for a one time charge. Update options are available. They may be augmented for internal use. They may not be resold without prior arrangement. For additional information and pricing, contact Access Innovations.
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Access Innovations is a woman-owned, small business in Albuquerque, New Mexico. During their 26-year history, Access Innovations has expanded to encompass all aspects of database creation and electronic publishing. The acquisition of the NICEM audiovisual database and the establishment of its Data Harmony and NewsIndexer content management products have made Access Innovations a global leader in the information industry. Their clients include the Association of Radiologic Technologists, the American Chemical Society, the Naval Post Graduate School Homeland Security, the OPOCE of the European Parliament, Kimberly Clark and Genetech.
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