IASSIST 2017, Here We Come!

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 government data. He will be showing how to connect metadata […]

In the media: Canberra start-up making meaning from data

Canberra Business News recently wrote about Aristotle Metadata for their series on Entrepenurs. Check out a preview below or read the full version online. Aristotle Metadata started out as a software project a number of years ago. At the time, founder Sam Spencer had been working on metadata modelling and practical registry design for the Australian Bureau […]

Potential(x) signs multi-year agreement to use Aristotle Cloud Metadata Registry

Aristotle Cloud Metadata Registry has been selected by Potential(x) as their metadata registry tool. Aristotle helps organisations track the performance of their policies through a tool that is a single source of truth for both the meanings and governance of data. Potential(x) is one of the premier health analytics and advisory firms in Australia and New Zealand. […]

Aristotle Cloud Services celebrates World Standards Day!!

Thanks to your support, Aristotle Cloud Services has selected the World Wide Fund for Nature as our charity to celebrate World Standards Day 2020! Each year the World Standards Cooperation celebrates World Standards Day to showcase how international standards bring the world together and make our planet a safer and cleaner place. As a supporter and implementer of global […]

Mid-year Aristotle Roadmap update – new features and community changes

In February this year our community came together to endorse the 2020 Aristotle Roadmap. This roadmap included a range of exciting new features and additions to the Aristotle Metadata Registry. During the first half of 2020 we’ve all had to make some adjustments to our work environment in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. For Aristotle Cloud […]

Expanded support for 11179-7 Datasets within Aristotle Metadata Registry

In the 2020 Aristotle Roadmap we dedicated effort to evaluating the alignment of Aristotle with the latest changes to the ISO/IEC 11179 standard, to ensure alignment of data asset management tools within the Aristotle Metadata Registry. The most recent addition to the ISO standard, is Part 7 “Metamodel for data set registration” was published in December 2019 […]

Aristotle’s guide to remote working

The digital economy has created new ways for people to work and engage with staff, however these aren’t without their challenges. Many traditional metadata tools are not built to support remote working, so it is important to choose tools and processes that enable staff to perform their work wherever they may be. We’ve selected our […]

Aristotle at the DDI Dagstuhl 2018 workshop

This month, I was invited to a “Train-the-Trainers” workshop for the DDI (Data Documentation Initiative) standard, the workshop was a way for the Initiative to create training materials for people to go off and train others with. I will admit that I did not know much about DDI before attending the workshop, but throughout the week I […]

January Updates – One month into 2018

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 working with two other government […]

Introducing Aristotle 2.0 and other new features

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 changes to how Aristotle and […]