Almost spent whole day today to dive into what google has done to get this instant search. Learnt good as well bad side.
Yes, they had all this technologies before but now identified a formula to mix them to make a user as information scientist.
Previously a normal user would have spent lots and lots of time to search what they want, now he becomes scientist and gets what he wants in matter of milli seconds.
Here are the great things behind what google presented as part of instant
1. Suggestions are skytouching now. They have loads of local aspects attached before throwing suggestion. As before this is pre-search on the google server before even u type. Mostly google servers thinking what u want before u type-in and giving you those suggestions. Here i see a great deal of hidden business aspirations which we cant see today.
2. Instant results : Ofcourse this is what is demostrated as part of instant by naked eye. But This is purely again depeding on point 1. They are now showing as if results are like same old. NO, you can clearely see results are not same as old engine
3. Didnt think about AdBusiness and SEO : this now looks like killing lot of seo as user might not get to real page until he gets what he wants from search bar itself. So where is the business with keywords for paid results, seo, adwords etc?
So lot of depending business is axed with this.
It will take sometime to comeback on this.
They are going to take sometime to deploy regionally...why ..because lots of local facts connected to their future business has to be captured.
Finally , how about on Mobile, which is the future of computing? There are lots of constraints on the small display devices. Virtual keyboards eat up a lot.
Excited to see how they come on these devices.
Overall, Instant is a great technology, but great burden on servers, u r making users as scientists.
Data Capture market Growing...
Last year, the total market for document capture software grew by 6.8% to a total of $1.9 billion. The projected growth for the coming years is 9.5% adding up to a total market value of $2.8 billion in 2012
moving again from thick client to thin client market
As we all suspected,now market is moving towards thin client baser systems connected to cloud services running in huge data centers. so to run a IT solution we dont need any thick intelligent powerful boxes within premises where solution is running. now the hardware market is going to run crazy once the cloud becomes matured. so we are almost moving towards mainframe era. we need to accept it and for sure its fpr our good. as i blogged previously a device like ipad with frills of gps,hspda,rich browser connected to cloud ie enough to help with any IT solution.
so lets gear up
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What is Twitter 'Verified' Account
Any account with a 'blue check logo' is a verified account. Twitter is beta testing solutions to establish authenticity of well known accounts so users can trust that the accounts they follow are legitimate. When viewing verified accounts, Twitter users know that tweets coming from well known personalities, organizations, government agencies, and others on Twitter are the real thing!
What kinds of accounts get verified?
Right now only verifying a handful of accounts, including well known accounts at risk of repeated, proven impersonation, and government agencies. Able to verify a small number of accounts now, but working on verifying more types of accounts in the future.
How do I get verified?
Log into the account you want to verify and fill http://twitter.com/account/verify_request. Make sure you're actively tweeting, your account is public, and your Twitter profile (name, bio, picture, website, etc.) is complete! Include the contact information of an agent/publicist/person that we can contact as an additional point of verification if necessary.
I'm using Twitter for business. Can I verify my account?
Not yet. Twitter is alpha testing verification for businesses.Check our business section for more updates!
I'm an agency/organization; how do I verify my client's Twitter accounts?
Every verification request must come from the account requesting verification. If you're an agency or organization contacting Twitter on your client's behalf, please be sure they've filled out the form and their account is public and actively tweeting. Find out more here!
What can I do to make verification faster?
Linking to your Twitter profile from an official website is the fastest way to get verified. (For example, The New York Times links to reporters profiles on their official website.) If an official website links back to your Twitter profile, send the link to the page. (A link to the exact page is best so we know where to find it!) Anything that will help us validate your will make things faster.
Why is verification denied?
If you're not tweeting, your profile isn't complete, you haven't included enough information for us to verify you, your account is protected or isn't at risk for identity confusion, the account may not be verified. More information about why accounts aren't verified is here. Because of the time and cost it takes to do each one, we're only able to verify a small number of people. twitter working on a better way to verify more people in the future!
I lost my verified badge! What do I do?
For security reasons, changes made to your profile result in the loss of the badge. If you've lost your verified badge, just log into your account and re-apply.
Information courtesy www.twitter.com
What kinds of accounts get verified?
Right now only verifying a handful of accounts, including well known accounts at risk of repeated, proven impersonation, and government agencies. Able to verify a small number of accounts now, but working on verifying more types of accounts in the future.
How do I get verified?
Log into the account you want to verify and fill http://twitter.com/account/verify_request. Make sure you're actively tweeting, your account is public, and your Twitter profile (name, bio, picture, website, etc.) is complete! Include the contact information of an agent/publicist/person that we can contact as an additional point of verification if necessary.
I'm using Twitter for business. Can I verify my account?
Not yet. Twitter is alpha testing verification for businesses.Check our business section for more updates!
I'm an agency/organization; how do I verify my client's Twitter accounts?
Every verification request must come from the account requesting verification. If you're an agency or organization contacting Twitter on your client's behalf, please be sure they've filled out the form and their account is public and actively tweeting. Find out more here!
What can I do to make verification faster?
Linking to your Twitter profile from an official website is the fastest way to get verified. (For example, The New York Times links to reporters profiles on their official website.) If an official website links back to your Twitter profile, send the link to the page. (A link to the exact page is best so we know where to find it!) Anything that will help us validate your will make things faster.
Why is verification denied?
If you're not tweeting, your profile isn't complete, you haven't included enough information for us to verify you, your account is protected or isn't at risk for identity confusion, the account may not be verified. More information about why accounts aren't verified is here. Because of the time and cost it takes to do each one, we're only able to verify a small number of people. twitter working on a better way to verify more people in the future!
I lost my verified badge! What do I do?
For security reasons, changes made to your profile result in the loss of the badge. If you've lost your verified badge, just log into your account and re-apply.
Information courtesy www.twitter.com
Election Candidate not getting back deposits...whats the scenario...
Indian election scenario we generally hear about is ...'this contestent will not even get his deposit'..so what is the meaning of contestent not getting his deposit...
First of all, for a candidate to contest in polls, he or she needs to submit their nomination papers at the EC offices in their respective states. Those whose nominations are found valid should have deposited Rs.10000 as a security Deposit if he/she is contesting for a Lok Sabha seat or Rs.5000 for an Assembly Seat. The amount to be deposited is half the above in the case of candidate under Schedule caste or Schedule tribe.
The amount deposited will either be returned back to the depositor or forfeited to the Government of India according to some conditions.
Conditions when the amount is returned back to the depositor:
The nomination made by the candidate if found to be invalid.
The candidate has withdrawn his nomination even though it is found valid.
The candidate dies before the commencement of polls.
The candidate lost the polls but secured 1/6th of the total number of valid votes polled in that election.
The candidate has won the election.
he candidate has won the election even if he/she has not secured 1/6th of the total valid votes.
Incase of a SC/ST candidate depositing Rs.10000 or Rs.5000, as the case may be, not knowing the fact that he/she has to deposit only half that amount, the excess amount will be returned back to the candidate.
Alternatively a candidate has to forfeit his/her deposit if they fail to secure at least 1 vote greater than 1/6th of the total valid votes.
This has cleared my long standing doubt..hope the same with all :)
First of all, for a candidate to contest in polls, he or she needs to submit their nomination papers at the EC offices in their respective states. Those whose nominations are found valid should have deposited Rs.10000 as a security Deposit if he/she is contesting for a Lok Sabha seat or Rs.5000 for an Assembly Seat. The amount to be deposited is half the above in the case of candidate under Schedule caste or Schedule tribe.
The amount deposited will either be returned back to the depositor or forfeited to the Government of India according to some conditions.
Conditions when the amount is returned back to the depositor:
The nomination made by the candidate if found to be invalid.
The candidate has withdrawn his nomination even though it is found valid.
The candidate dies before the commencement of polls.
The candidate lost the polls but secured 1/6th of the total number of valid votes polled in that election.
The candidate has won the election.
he candidate has won the election even if he/she has not secured 1/6th of the total valid votes.
Incase of a SC/ST candidate depositing Rs.10000 or Rs.5000, as the case may be, not knowing the fact that he/she has to deposit only half that amount, the excess amount will be returned back to the candidate.
Alternatively a candidate has to forfeit his/her deposit if they fail to secure at least 1 vote greater than 1/6th of the total valid votes.
This has cleared my long standing doubt..hope the same with all :)
BB launched new RIM OS 6
All of this new behavior comes courtesy of BlackBerry OS 6, which was also introduced with the new phone. If you've got a Bold or a 3G Pearl, you'll have the chance to upgrade should your carrier allow it; everybody else will need new hardware to enjoy the new OS.
The name for the device itself actually comes from a key acquisition that helped BlackBerry match its competitors: the company bought Torch Mobile specifically because it offered a WebKit-based browser with excellent HTML5 compatibility. It was difficult to test the browser thoroughly because of the oversubscribed wireless connectivity at the introduction, but the pages that did load displayed nicely in both portrait and landscape mode.
RIM will also let developers create standalone HTML5 apps, which will have full access to the device's services, such as calendar and contact lists, and to the GPS-derived location information.
Beyond making Web browsing a central experience, most of the features RIM highlighted in the new OS involve taking existing user favorites and enhancing them. For example, the notification bar, which shows incoming e-mails, messages, and social networking updates, can now be clicked to slide out a preview of the messages so that users can get an idea of whether something requires an urgent response. The home screen has been redesigned around multiple categories: frequently used applications, user favorites, etc. Contacts can also be placed there for easy access.
A universal feed app will aggregate messages, RSS items, social networking updates, etc. into a single screen. Selecting any item from this list will open the application dedicated to that content. RIM happily pointed out how having a true multitasking operating system makes this sort of behavior simple.
There are some completely new features as well. Like iOS, BlackBerry will now have universal search. Typing in the bar will bring up messages, applications, contacts, meetings, and settings that match partial search strings. Third-party developers will also get the opportunity to offer the data produced by their apps to the search function.
To enhance consumer appeal, BlackBerry has significantly beefed up its media capabilities. Music and photos can now be synced over WiFi with a user's PC. The music software will actually obtain the entire music library's metadata, allowing users to manage content and playlists, even for songs that aren't currently on the device (they'll be synced later if requested). Photos can now be organized on the device as well.
The name for the device itself actually comes from a key acquisition that helped BlackBerry match its competitors: the company bought Torch Mobile specifically because it offered a WebKit-based browser with excellent HTML5 compatibility. It was difficult to test the browser thoroughly because of the oversubscribed wireless connectivity at the introduction, but the pages that did load displayed nicely in both portrait and landscape mode.
RIM will also let developers create standalone HTML5 apps, which will have full access to the device's services, such as calendar and contact lists, and to the GPS-derived location information.
Beyond making Web browsing a central experience, most of the features RIM highlighted in the new OS involve taking existing user favorites and enhancing them. For example, the notification bar, which shows incoming e-mails, messages, and social networking updates, can now be clicked to slide out a preview of the messages so that users can get an idea of whether something requires an urgent response. The home screen has been redesigned around multiple categories: frequently used applications, user favorites, etc. Contacts can also be placed there for easy access.
A universal feed app will aggregate messages, RSS items, social networking updates, etc. into a single screen. Selecting any item from this list will open the application dedicated to that content. RIM happily pointed out how having a true multitasking operating system makes this sort of behavior simple.
There are some completely new features as well. Like iOS, BlackBerry will now have universal search. Typing in the bar will bring up messages, applications, contacts, meetings, and settings that match partial search strings. Third-party developers will also get the opportunity to offer the data produced by their apps to the search function.
To enhance consumer appeal, BlackBerry has significantly beefed up its media capabilities. Music and photos can now be synced over WiFi with a user's PC. The music software will actually obtain the entire music library's metadata, allowing users to manage content and playlists, even for songs that aren't currently on the device (they'll be synced later if requested). Photos can now be organized on the device as well.
Metadata improvements in Sharepoint 2010
Huge improvements in the latest release of Sharepoint 2010.
One desired one is, Metadata management.
Here is the update from MSDN on metadata management
Terms and Term sets
A term is a word or a phrase that can be associated with an item in SharePoint Server 2010. A term set is a collection of related terms. You can specify that a SharePoint Server 2010 column must contain a term from a specific term set. Managed metadata is a way of referring to the fact that terms and term sets can be created and managed independently from columns.
Local term sets are created within the context of a site collection. For example, if you add a column to a list in a document library, and create a new term set to bind the column to, the new term set is local to the site collection that contains the document library.
Global term sets are created outside the context of a site collection. For example, the term store administrator could create a term set group named Human Resources and designate a person to manage the term set group. The group manager would create term sets that relate to Human Resources, such as job titles and pay grades in the Human Resources term set group.
Users can see only global term sets and term sets that are local to the user's site collection.
For example, assume that your company has adopted the RACI model, in which each document that is created must include a list of the people who were Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, and Informed about the document.
To implement this, you would:
Define terms based on each person's name.
Group these terms into a global term set named RACI-trained people.
Create four new columns: Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, and Informed.
Specify that the value or values of each of these columns must come from the RACI-trained people term set.
Associate these four columns with the content type that represents the documents.
In this example, whenever a user creates or uploads a document to SharePoint Server 2010, the user would have to select the person or people who are associated with the document in each of the four roles. If the company hired a new employee, you would add a new term to the RACI-trained people term set, and it would become a valid value for the four columns.
Managed terms, enterprise keywords, and the term store
Terms can be divided into two types:
Managed terms, which are usually predefined, can be created only by users with the appropriate permissions, and are often organized into a hierarchy.
Enterprise keywords, which are simply words or phrases that have been added to SharePoint Server 2010 items. All enterprise keywords are part of a single, non-hierarchical term set called the keyword set.
Managed terms and enterprise keywords are used differently. For more information, see the Using terms section later in this topic.
Note
The word "managed" is often omitted when referring to managed terms when the meaning is clear from the context.
Managed terms and enterprise keywords are stored in a database referred to as a term store.
Working with Managed Metadata
The following sections describe how terms are created and used.
Creating Terms
SharePoint Server 2010 includes the Term Store Management Tool, which you use to create and manage term sets. If you have the appropriate permissions, you can use the Term Store Management Tool to:
Create or delete a term set.
Add, modify, or delete terms.
Arrange managed terms within a term set into a hierarchy.
Define synonyms.
Import terms.
Make enterprise keywords into managed terms by moving them into a term set.
Example:
To enforce the RACI convention on all documents, start by using the Term Store Management Tool to define a term set to represent all of the people who could serve in any of the RACI roles. Then you use the same tool to add a term to the term set for each person. You define the following term set and terms:
RACI-trained people (term set):
Anna Misiec
Ben Miller
Eli Bowen
Eran Shtiegman
Eric Gruber
Erik Rucker
Erlingur Jonsson
Eugene Zabokritski
Eva Corets
Florence Flipo
Fred Vidul
Gerwald Oberleitner
Kathie Flood
Manuel Oliveira
Mu Han
Sunil Uppal
The term set is becoming unwieldy, because there are so many names. You decide to reorganize the term set based on the reporting structure. The new term set and terms now have this structure:
RACI-trained people (term set):
Eugene Zabokritski
Anna Misiec
Ben Miller
Eric Gruber
Fred Vidul
Gerwald Oberleitner
Manuel Oliveira
Sunil Uppal
Florence Flipo
Eli Bowen
Eran Shtiegman
Erik Rucker
Erlingur Jonsson
Eva Corets
Kathie Flood
Mu Han
Using Terms
A column is a location in a list in which to store information about a SharePoint Server 2010 item. When you define a column, you provide a name for the column, specify the column's type, and provide additional information that depends on the column type.
SharePoint Server 2010 introduces a new column type named managed metadata. When you create a managed metadata column, you specify the term set from which the column's values must come. When you want users to provide information for list items (including documents), and the valid values for the information are contained in a term set, use a managed metadata column. Create a new content type or modify an existing content type, and then add the managed metadata column to the content type.
Example:
Because all documents will have to identify the people responsible, accountable, consulted, and informed, you decide to create columns for each of these attributes. You create a site column named Responsible, select Managed Metadata for the column's type, select the term set RACI-trained people to provide values for the Responsible column, and indicate that the column can contain only a single value. You then create three additional columns by using the guidelines in Table 1.
Table 1. Column guidelines
Column Name
Term Set
Allow Multiple Values?
Accountable
RACI-trained people
No
Consulted
RACI-trained people
Yes
Informed
RACI-trained people
Yes
After creating the columns, you create a new content type to represent documents that must have their RACI contacts identified. You create a new content type, name it RACI document, and select Document for its parent content type. You then modify the RACI document content type, and add the Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, and Informed columns to the content type.
Finally, you modify the shared documents library and add RACI document to the set of content types that are available in the library.
Entering Terms
When a user creates or uploads a new SharePoint Server 2010 item of a type that has columns that require a value, the user must provide a value. If the column is a managed metadata column, the managed metadata control is displayed, and the user interacts with this control to enter the value.
The managed metadata control enables the user to type a value or to select a value by hierarchically navigating the term set that is associated with the column. If the user begins typing a value, the control displays all terms in the associated term set that begin with the characters the user has typed. The name of the term set and the term's position in the hierarchy are indicated along with the term itself.
If the column's definition allows multiple values, the user can select more than one term. If both the term set and the column's definition allow new terms to be added, the user can also create a new term and insert it at the appropriate place in the term set's hierarchy.
Example:
When a user wants to upload a new RACI document, the user identifies the document to upload, and then must fill in values for the Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, and Informed columns.
In the Responsible field, the user displays the hierarchy of terms within the people term set, expands Florence Flipo, and then selects Kathie Flood.
The user cannot remember the full name of the person who is accountable. The accountable person's first name is Eric or Erik, and he reports to Eugene Zabokritski, but the user cannot remember his last name. The user types Er, and the following terms are displayed as options:
Eran Shtiegman [people: Florence Flipo]
Eric Gruber [people: Eugene Zabokritski]
Erik Rucker [people: Florence Flipo]
Erlingur Jonsson [people: Florence Flipo]
The user selects Eric Gruber.
In the Consulted field, the user types Fred Vidul; Sunil Uppal.
In the Informed field, the user navigates the term set hierarchy and selects Eugene Zabokritski, Florence Flipo, and Mu Han.
Entering Enterprise Keywords
SharePoint Server 2010 includes a predefined column named Enterprise Keywords. You can add this column to content types. When a user adds a value to the Enterprise Keywords column, the enterprise keyword control is displayed, and the user interacts with the control to enter the value. The enterprise keyword control behavior is similar to the managed metadata control behavior, except that the enterprise keyword control allows users to select enterprise keywords and managed terms.
When the user begins typing a value, the control displays the terms that begin with the characters that the user has typed, from both global term sets and term sets that are local to the user’s site collection. The term set in which the term exists and the term's position in the hierarchy are also displayed. There is usually also an option for entering a new enterprise keyword. If the user enters a new enterprise keyword, the enterprise keyword is added to the keyword set.
The Enterprise Keywords column allows multiple values by default.
Example:
A user has created a new RACI document, and provided values for the Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, and Informed columns. However, two external consultants also worked on the document, and the user wants to associate the consultants' names with the document, so that searching for the names locates the document. Because the consultants are not members of the people term set, the consultants cannot be added to the Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, or Informed columns. The user notices that the RACI document content type includes the Enterprise Keywords column, and decides to add their names as enterprise keywords.
The user begins typing the first consultant's name, Sunil Kasturi, into the enterprise keyword field. When the user has typed Sunil, the following options are displayed:
Sunil Kasturi [Enterprise keywords]
Sunil Uppal [people: Eugene Zabokritski]
Create new
An enterprise keyword already existed for this consultant, so the user simply selects it.
To add the second consultant's name, Jan Kotas, as an enterprise keyword, the user types Jan. The only option that is displayed is Create New. The user selects Create New, and creates the enterprise keyword Jan Kota, which is now added to the Enterprise Keywords column of the document and the keyword set.
Benefits of Using Managed Metadata
This section describes several of the benefits of using managed metadata.
More Consistent Use of Terminology
Managed metadata facilitates more consistent use of terms, and more consistent use of the enterprise keywords that are added to SharePoint Server 2010 items. You can predefine terms, and you can allow only authorized users to add new terms. You can also prohibit users from adding their own enterprise keywords to items, and require them to use existing enterprise keywords. Managed metadata also provides greater accuracy by presenting only a list of correct terms from which users can select values. Because enterprise keywords are also a type of managed metadata, even the enterprise keywords that users apply to items can be more consistent.
Because metadata is used more consistently, you can have a higher degree of confidence that it is correct. When you use metadata to automate business processes—for example, placing documents in different files in the Record Center based on the value of their department attribute—you can be confident that the metadata was created by authorized users, and that the value of the department attribute is always one of the valid values.
Better Search Results
A simple search can provide more relevant results if items have consistent attributes.
As users apply managed terms and enterprise keywords to items, they are guided to terms that have already been used. In some cases, users might not even be able to enter a new value. Because users are focused on a specific set of terms, those terms—and not synonyms—are more likely to be applied to items. Searching for a managed term or an enterprise keyword is therefore likely to retrieve more relevant results.
Dynamic
In previous versions of SharePoint Server 2010, to restrict the value of an attribute to one of a set of values, you would create a column whose type is "choice", and then provide a list of valid values. When you needed to add a new value to a set of choices, you would modify every column that used the same set of values.
By using managed metadata in SharePoint Server 2010, you can separate the set of valid values from the columns whose value must be one of the set of valid values. When you need to add a new value, you add a term to the term set, and all columns that map to that term set use the updated set of choices.
Using terms can help you keep SharePoint Server 2010 items in sync with the business as the business changes. For example, assume that your company's new product had a code name early in its development, and was given an official name shortly before the product launched. You included a term for the code name in the "product" term set, and users have been identifying all documents related to the product by using the term. When the product name changed, you could edit the term and change its name to the product's official name. The term is still applied to the same items, but its name is now updated.
One desired one is, Metadata management.
Here is the update from MSDN on metadata management
Terms and Term sets
A term is a word or a phrase that can be associated with an item in SharePoint Server 2010. A term set is a collection of related terms. You can specify that a SharePoint Server 2010 column must contain a term from a specific term set. Managed metadata is a way of referring to the fact that terms and term sets can be created and managed independently from columns.
Local term sets are created within the context of a site collection. For example, if you add a column to a list in a document library, and create a new term set to bind the column to, the new term set is local to the site collection that contains the document library.
Global term sets are created outside the context of a site collection. For example, the term store administrator could create a term set group named Human Resources and designate a person to manage the term set group. The group manager would create term sets that relate to Human Resources, such as job titles and pay grades in the Human Resources term set group.
Users can see only global term sets and term sets that are local to the user's site collection.
For example, assume that your company has adopted the RACI model, in which each document that is created must include a list of the people who were Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, and Informed about the document.
To implement this, you would:
Define terms based on each person's name.
Group these terms into a global term set named RACI-trained people.
Create four new columns: Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, and Informed.
Specify that the value or values of each of these columns must come from the RACI-trained people term set.
Associate these four columns with the content type that represents the documents.
In this example, whenever a user creates or uploads a document to SharePoint Server 2010, the user would have to select the person or people who are associated with the document in each of the four roles. If the company hired a new employee, you would add a new term to the RACI-trained people term set, and it would become a valid value for the four columns.
Managed terms, enterprise keywords, and the term store
Terms can be divided into two types:
Managed terms, which are usually predefined, can be created only by users with the appropriate permissions, and are often organized into a hierarchy.
Enterprise keywords, which are simply words or phrases that have been added to SharePoint Server 2010 items. All enterprise keywords are part of a single, non-hierarchical term set called the keyword set.
Managed terms and enterprise keywords are used differently. For more information, see the Using terms section later in this topic.
Note
The word "managed" is often omitted when referring to managed terms when the meaning is clear from the context.
Managed terms and enterprise keywords are stored in a database referred to as a term store.
Working with Managed Metadata
The following sections describe how terms are created and used.
Creating Terms
SharePoint Server 2010 includes the Term Store Management Tool, which you use to create and manage term sets. If you have the appropriate permissions, you can use the Term Store Management Tool to:
Create or delete a term set.
Add, modify, or delete terms.
Arrange managed terms within a term set into a hierarchy.
Define synonyms.
Import terms.
Make enterprise keywords into managed terms by moving them into a term set.
Example:
To enforce the RACI convention on all documents, start by using the Term Store Management Tool to define a term set to represent all of the people who could serve in any of the RACI roles. Then you use the same tool to add a term to the term set for each person. You define the following term set and terms:
RACI-trained people (term set):
Anna Misiec
Ben Miller
Eli Bowen
Eran Shtiegman
Eric Gruber
Erik Rucker
Erlingur Jonsson
Eugene Zabokritski
Eva Corets
Florence Flipo
Fred Vidul
Gerwald Oberleitner
Kathie Flood
Manuel Oliveira
Mu Han
Sunil Uppal
The term set is becoming unwieldy, because there are so many names. You decide to reorganize the term set based on the reporting structure. The new term set and terms now have this structure:
RACI-trained people (term set):
Eugene Zabokritski
Anna Misiec
Ben Miller
Eric Gruber
Fred Vidul
Gerwald Oberleitner
Manuel Oliveira
Sunil Uppal
Florence Flipo
Eli Bowen
Eran Shtiegman
Erik Rucker
Erlingur Jonsson
Eva Corets
Kathie Flood
Mu Han
Using Terms
A column is a location in a list in which to store information about a SharePoint Server 2010 item. When you define a column, you provide a name for the column, specify the column's type, and provide additional information that depends on the column type.
SharePoint Server 2010 introduces a new column type named managed metadata. When you create a managed metadata column, you specify the term set from which the column's values must come. When you want users to provide information for list items (including documents), and the valid values for the information are contained in a term set, use a managed metadata column. Create a new content type or modify an existing content type, and then add the managed metadata column to the content type.
Example:
Because all documents will have to identify the people responsible, accountable, consulted, and informed, you decide to create columns for each of these attributes. You create a site column named Responsible, select Managed Metadata for the column's type, select the term set RACI-trained people to provide values for the Responsible column, and indicate that the column can contain only a single value. You then create three additional columns by using the guidelines in Table 1.
Table 1. Column guidelines
Column Name
Term Set
Allow Multiple Values?
Accountable
RACI-trained people
No
Consulted
RACI-trained people
Yes
Informed
RACI-trained people
Yes
After creating the columns, you create a new content type to represent documents that must have their RACI contacts identified. You create a new content type, name it RACI document, and select Document for its parent content type. You then modify the RACI document content type, and add the Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, and Informed columns to the content type.
Finally, you modify the shared documents library and add RACI document to the set of content types that are available in the library.
Entering Terms
When a user creates or uploads a new SharePoint Server 2010 item of a type that has columns that require a value, the user must provide a value. If the column is a managed metadata column, the managed metadata control is displayed, and the user interacts with this control to enter the value.
The managed metadata control enables the user to type a value or to select a value by hierarchically navigating the term set that is associated with the column. If the user begins typing a value, the control displays all terms in the associated term set that begin with the characters the user has typed. The name of the term set and the term's position in the hierarchy are indicated along with the term itself.
If the column's definition allows multiple values, the user can select more than one term. If both the term set and the column's definition allow new terms to be added, the user can also create a new term and insert it at the appropriate place in the term set's hierarchy.
Example:
When a user wants to upload a new RACI document, the user identifies the document to upload, and then must fill in values for the Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, and Informed columns.
In the Responsible field, the user displays the hierarchy of terms within the people term set, expands Florence Flipo, and then selects Kathie Flood.
The user cannot remember the full name of the person who is accountable. The accountable person's first name is Eric or Erik, and he reports to Eugene Zabokritski, but the user cannot remember his last name. The user types Er, and the following terms are displayed as options:
Eran Shtiegman [people: Florence Flipo]
Eric Gruber [people: Eugene Zabokritski]
Erik Rucker [people: Florence Flipo]
Erlingur Jonsson [people: Florence Flipo]
The user selects Eric Gruber.
In the Consulted field, the user types Fred Vidul; Sunil Uppal.
In the Informed field, the user navigates the term set hierarchy and selects Eugene Zabokritski, Florence Flipo, and Mu Han.
Entering Enterprise Keywords
SharePoint Server 2010 includes a predefined column named Enterprise Keywords. You can add this column to content types. When a user adds a value to the Enterprise Keywords column, the enterprise keyword control is displayed, and the user interacts with the control to enter the value. The enterprise keyword control behavior is similar to the managed metadata control behavior, except that the enterprise keyword control allows users to select enterprise keywords and managed terms.
When the user begins typing a value, the control displays the terms that begin with the characters that the user has typed, from both global term sets and term sets that are local to the user’s site collection. The term set in which the term exists and the term's position in the hierarchy are also displayed. There is usually also an option for entering a new enterprise keyword. If the user enters a new enterprise keyword, the enterprise keyword is added to the keyword set.
The Enterprise Keywords column allows multiple values by default.
Example:
A user has created a new RACI document, and provided values for the Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, and Informed columns. However, two external consultants also worked on the document, and the user wants to associate the consultants' names with the document, so that searching for the names locates the document. Because the consultants are not members of the people term set, the consultants cannot be added to the Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, or Informed columns. The user notices that the RACI document content type includes the Enterprise Keywords column, and decides to add their names as enterprise keywords.
The user begins typing the first consultant's name, Sunil Kasturi, into the enterprise keyword field. When the user has typed Sunil, the following options are displayed:
Sunil Kasturi [Enterprise keywords]
Sunil Uppal [people: Eugene Zabokritski]
Create new
An enterprise keyword already existed for this consultant, so the user simply selects it.
To add the second consultant's name, Jan Kotas, as an enterprise keyword, the user types Jan. The only option that is displayed is Create New. The user selects Create New, and creates the enterprise keyword Jan Kota, which is now added to the Enterprise Keywords column of the document and the keyword set.
Benefits of Using Managed Metadata
This section describes several of the benefits of using managed metadata.
More Consistent Use of Terminology
Managed metadata facilitates more consistent use of terms, and more consistent use of the enterprise keywords that are added to SharePoint Server 2010 items. You can predefine terms, and you can allow only authorized users to add new terms. You can also prohibit users from adding their own enterprise keywords to items, and require them to use existing enterprise keywords. Managed metadata also provides greater accuracy by presenting only a list of correct terms from which users can select values. Because enterprise keywords are also a type of managed metadata, even the enterprise keywords that users apply to items can be more consistent.
Because metadata is used more consistently, you can have a higher degree of confidence that it is correct. When you use metadata to automate business processes—for example, placing documents in different files in the Record Center based on the value of their department attribute—you can be confident that the metadata was created by authorized users, and that the value of the department attribute is always one of the valid values.
Better Search Results
A simple search can provide more relevant results if items have consistent attributes.
As users apply managed terms and enterprise keywords to items, they are guided to terms that have already been used. In some cases, users might not even be able to enter a new value. Because users are focused on a specific set of terms, those terms—and not synonyms—are more likely to be applied to items. Searching for a managed term or an enterprise keyword is therefore likely to retrieve more relevant results.
Dynamic
In previous versions of SharePoint Server 2010, to restrict the value of an attribute to one of a set of values, you would create a column whose type is "choice", and then provide a list of valid values. When you needed to add a new value to a set of choices, you would modify every column that used the same set of values.
By using managed metadata in SharePoint Server 2010, you can separate the set of valid values from the columns whose value must be one of the set of valid values. When you need to add a new value, you add a term to the term set, and all columns that map to that term set use the updated set of choices.
Using terms can help you keep SharePoint Server 2010 items in sync with the business as the business changes. For example, assume that your company's new product had a code name early in its development, and was given an official name shortly before the product launched. You included a term for the code name in the "product" term set, and users have been identifying all documents related to the product by using the term. When the product name changed, you could edit the term and change its name to the product's official name. The term is still applied to the same items, but its name is now updated.
The Iterative Web App: New Compose Interface for Gmail on iPad
Info from google blog...
In April 2009, we announced a new version of Gmail for mobile for iOS and Android. Among the improvements was a complete redesign of the web application's underlying code which allows us to more rapidly develop and release new features that users have been asking for, as explained in our first post. We'd like to introduce The Iterative Web App, a series where we will continue to release features for Gmail for mobile. Today: New Compose Interface on the iPad.
Today we’re happy to announce an improved experience for writing emails on Gmail web interface for iPad. When you write an email you’ll now get a big full screen compose window instead of splitting the screen between your inbox and the compose view. More text is visible at once and there are no more distractions with messages on the side. We’ve also fixed problems that prevented scrolling on long messages. Thanks to everyone who reported the issue via the ‘Send feedback’ feature at the bottom of the screen.
We’re continuing to experiment with the large touchscreen and tablet form factor so send more feedback if you have suggestions. To try out Gmail on the iPad, just go to gmail.com in Safari. Please note that the new interface is only available in US English for now.
In April 2009, we announced a new version of Gmail for mobile for iOS and Android. Among the improvements was a complete redesign of the web application's underlying code which allows us to more rapidly develop and release new features that users have been asking for, as explained in our first post. We'd like to introduce The Iterative Web App, a series where we will continue to release features for Gmail for mobile. Today: New Compose Interface on the iPad.
Today we’re happy to announce an improved experience for writing emails on Gmail web interface for iPad. When you write an email you’ll now get a big full screen compose window instead of splitting the screen between your inbox and the compose view. More text is visible at once and there are no more distractions with messages on the side. We’ve also fixed problems that prevented scrolling on long messages. Thanks to everyone who reported the issue via the ‘Send feedback’ feature at the bottom of the screen.
We’re continuing to experiment with the large touchscreen and tablet form factor so send more feedback if you have suggestions. To try out Gmail on the iPad, just go to gmail.com in Safari. Please note that the new interface is only available in US English for now.
Mobile Enterprise: Apple's iOS4 is Watching You
Twitter is abuzz about news that Apple is tracking and sharing users’ location data. According to a new clause included in its iOS4 update, Apple warns that it will share "precise location data" with its partners and licensees.
At first this sounds alarming, but upon closer inspections it’s not much different that what Google already does with its Android platform. As well, the information gathered by iPad and iPhone devices is not so much about where you have been, but more about the device and services that are being accessed on it, which supposedly helps developers and third-party companies improve the performance and capabilities of their apps.
Users must agree to the new language before downloading new apps and includes the following:
To provide location-based services on Apple products, Apple and our partners and licensees may collect, use, and share precise location data, including the real-time geographic location of your Apple computer or device. This location data is collected anonymously in a form that does not personally identify you and is used by Apple and our partners and licensees to provide and improve location-based products and services. For example, we may share geographic location with application providers when you opt in to their location services.
Is this a big deal? Some may think it is, others won't. Collecting information is what companies do. If done correctly, it might make newer versions better. As well, it helps new features work properly, like the MobileMe “Find my iPhone” and GoogleMaps.
iAds Lets you Opt Out
Though users may have a hard time opting-out of the aforementioned location data collection, Apple is showing some flexibility when it comes to its iAd platform. Apple has launched an official page, which allows iOS device users to opt out of personal data collection, such as information regarding downloads and purchases, for its iAds mobile advertising service.
By visiting oo.apple.com on any device running iOS 4, users can choose to opt out of data collection for iAds and receive the desired "You have successfully opted out."
Users who opt out may see the same ads as before, but they may be less relevant because they will not be based on their interests.
At first this sounds alarming, but upon closer inspections it’s not much different that what Google already does with its Android platform. As well, the information gathered by iPad and iPhone devices is not so much about where you have been, but more about the device and services that are being accessed on it, which supposedly helps developers and third-party companies improve the performance and capabilities of their apps.
Users must agree to the new language before downloading new apps and includes the following:
To provide location-based services on Apple products, Apple and our partners and licensees may collect, use, and share precise location data, including the real-time geographic location of your Apple computer or device. This location data is collected anonymously in a form that does not personally identify you and is used by Apple and our partners and licensees to provide and improve location-based products and services. For example, we may share geographic location with application providers when you opt in to their location services.
Is this a big deal? Some may think it is, others won't. Collecting information is what companies do. If done correctly, it might make newer versions better. As well, it helps new features work properly, like the MobileMe “Find my iPhone” and GoogleMaps.
iAds Lets you Opt Out
Though users may have a hard time opting-out of the aforementioned location data collection, Apple is showing some flexibility when it comes to its iAd platform. Apple has launched an official page, which allows iOS device users to opt out of personal data collection, such as information regarding downloads and purchases, for its iAds mobile advertising service.
By visiting oo.apple.com on any device running iOS 4, users can choose to opt out of data collection for iAds and receive the desired "You have successfully opted out."
Users who opt out may see the same ads as before, but they may be less relevant because they will not be based on their interests.
Oracle Adds Document Collaboration
Following the release of Oracle’s BPM 11g last week, the company has added another component to its Product Value Chain Suite that will enable users to manage all product information, product lifecycle processes and information collaboration.
Oracle's new Agile Customer Needs Management will enables customers to capture and prioritize product ideas, customer feedback and product requirements from internal sources including product managers, engineers, sales and executives and external sources.
Using Oracle UCM and Oracle's AutoVue it also enables users to collaborate, view and digitally annotate any product information and engineering drawings to facilitate multi-disciplinary document collaboration
Oracle's new Agile Customer Needs Management will enables customers to capture and prioritize product ideas, customer feedback and product requirements from internal sources including product managers, engineers, sales and executives and external sources.
Using Oracle UCM and Oracle's AutoVue it also enables users to collaborate, view and digitally annotate any product information and engineering drawings to facilitate multi-disciplinary document collaboration
Google Voice Opens Up to all in US
Google Voice service is a telephony system that allows users to unify their multiple phones (mobile, home, work, etc.) under one number. Regardless of carrier, you can connect one, some, all or none of your phones to your Google Voice number.
Calls will be forwarded to the phone(s) of your choosing, and if you don't answer, the person calling has the option to leave a message, which you can then listen to or check by e-mail. Because voice messages are transcribed to text and then sent to your e-mail account, you can search them just as you would search through ordinary messages.
"Transcriptions aren't perfect, but we hope they're good enough to save you from listening to the message, and we're continually working on improving them," says Google.
There's a ton of other cool features too, such as free text messaging, blocking callers, sharing voicemails and screening calls. Here's a short video of some of them in action:
Calls will be forwarded to the phone(s) of your choosing, and if you don't answer, the person calling has the option to leave a message, which you can then listen to or check by e-mail. Because voice messages are transcribed to text and then sent to your e-mail account, you can search them just as you would search through ordinary messages.
"Transcriptions aren't perfect, but we hope they're good enough to save you from listening to the message, and we're continually working on improving them," says Google.
There's a ton of other cool features too, such as free text messaging, blocking callers, sharing voicemails and screening calls. Here's a short video of some of them in action:
Windows Phone 7 series..finally MS understand reality
Finally had deep dive of Windows Phone 7 series...
Its amazing man..like other competitors google and Apple.
Yes, its nothing new than google and apple.
Here are some interesting factors as per my understanding
- Thank god its not Win Mo 6.5 enhancement.. Guys...its all brand new OS. Written from scratch.. so no more start button...it has all new vertical scrolling touch buttons which has tiles(live changing images from data network).
- like iPhone, WinPhone is a Zune and phone..by default Zune is default
- Sad news is...guys u can not upgrade your old win mob from 6.5 to 7. Like their competitors..MS is going to pick and choose hardware makers and network providers..it needs to have very specific hardware to run.
- Instead of calling apps...they call hubs
- interestingly no talk abt SDK
- steve balmer feels proud of it..
- XBox can be played live from it
- all in all...its an integration all in one powerful handheld like N1 and iPhone
- Bad things is...they are coming at the end of the year...
So its no more enterprise phone..its another social phone...
But great that MS realized what market is asking for though its late...
Here is a quick YT link
Its amazing man..like other competitors google and Apple.
Yes, its nothing new than google and apple.
Here are some interesting factors as per my understanding
- Thank god its not Win Mo 6.5 enhancement.. Guys...its all brand new OS. Written from scratch.. so no more start button...it has all new vertical scrolling touch buttons which has tiles(live changing images from data network).
- like iPhone, WinPhone is a Zune and phone..by default Zune is default
- Sad news is...guys u can not upgrade your old win mob from 6.5 to 7. Like their competitors..MS is going to pick and choose hardware makers and network providers..it needs to have very specific hardware to run.
- Instead of calling apps...they call hubs
- interestingly no talk abt SDK
- steve balmer feels proud of it..
- XBox can be played live from it
- all in all...its an integration all in one powerful handheld like N1 and iPhone
- Bad things is...they are coming at the end of the year...
So its no more enterprise phone..its another social phone...
But great that MS realized what market is asking for though its late...
Here is a quick YT link
Tech predictions going forward
So what is the game changer in 2010 and what's going to be the life changers going forward coming 5 yrs(decade predictions are crap..u can never guess).
So let me guess what's going to change life till 2015.
1. Handheld ... It becomes very normal like a laptop
Nowadays ...
2. Android ... Android is going to rule the world starting with tablet,virtually any small device..
3. Tablet .. The world want a touch handheld..it's the requirement of today...this is a huge game changer
4. Wearable computing: u carry data..it's not device bound..u can move/view dat where ever u want...
That's few folks...lot more to come..
So let me guess what's going to change life till 2015.
1. Handheld ... It becomes very normal like a laptop
Nowadays ...
2. Android ... Android is going to rule the world starting with tablet,virtually any small device..
3. Tablet .. The world want a touch handheld..it's the requirement of today...this is a huge game changer
4. Wearable computing: u carry data..it's not device bound..u can move/view dat where ever u want...
That's few folks...lot more to come..
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