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May is here, and the team has been working hard and delivering new features from our published 2018 roadmap, including Aristotle 2.0. What is Aristotle 2.0? In Quarter 1 “Aristotle 2.0”, we focused on improving the underlying infrastructure of the software, to use new or better versions of libraries, huge...

The first month in 2018 was a big one for us, there were so many new and exciting things that happened for Aristotle. We now have two new government contracts. Both contracts were signed during January, and one of those agencies signed on for five years! We have also started...

We are pleased to announce that the Canadian Bankers Association is using an open-sourced version of the Aristotle Metadata Registry. Prosper Canada, a national charity dedicated to expanding economic opportunity for Canadians living in poverty, the Canadian Bankers Association (CBA) and the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) have launched...

This week we migrated the Aristotle Open Registry over to new infrastructure, which has brought massive speed improvements site-wide as well as added support for encrypted connections for improved security. Along with this upgrade, the Aristotle Open Registry is now running version 1.5 of the Aristotle Metadata Registry. They key...

Today we are pleased to announce the release of the latest version of the Aristotle Metadata Registry to PyPI – version 1.5. This release, possible thanks to the support of Data61, includes a number of new features, usability improvements and bug fixes. This release also includes a new darker default...

Sam and Lauren have both been accepted to present at IASSIST 2017! This is very exciting, since it will be Lauren’s first presentation at a conference. Sam will be representing both Data61 and Aristotle Metadata Registry, with a presentation on how Aristotle and NationalMap have improved the usability of open...

Our mission with the Aristotle Metadata Registry is to help people make sense of information needed to make change possible, and we are always trying to find new ways to do this. A big part of this is making sure information is available to everyone. That’s why we’re introducing a...

Given the size of Microsoft, their reputation in enterprise environments and the growth of Azure as a cloud platform, its fair to say that ignoring Microsoft (and their associated products) in your test scripts will limit the ability for your app to grow. We’ve had a few requests on the...

The latest version of the Aristotle Metadata Registry is now available on Github and the Python Package Manager. This change brings a host of stability changes to improve deployment on Postgres and Elasticsearch, changes to the underlying database architecture to improve metadata analytic querying. It also, includes two new additions...

The idea of the 5 Minute Metadata video series came to be because Sam and I were trying to figure out how we could promote Aristotle and also educate people about metadata. We thought it would be a cool idea to incorporate short videos to achieve this, because when searching...

You have one minute to pitch something is a concept that many people will understand – try not to lose their attention, the timer is counting down and you have to speak quickly. Tonight, Sam and I saw this in action at the “First Wednesday Connect” hosted by the CBR...

In a recent episode of Silicon Valley, main character and developer Richard Hendricks laments that users would love his product if only they understood it. Soon, his investors come to the conclusion that the only people who Richard had test the product were other engineers. More than just a great...