Organizations understand the importance of leveraging AI to stay competitive in the evolving technological landscape, but do not always know how to get started. In their talk at Taxonomy Boot Camp 2024 in Washington, D.C., Tatiana Baquero Cakici and Sara Mae O’Brien-Scott demonstrated how applying taxonomy and ontology to an organization’s content improves information experiences while paving the way for advanced AI capabilities.   

Baquero Cakici and O’Brien-Scott provided real-world examples of how taxonomy and ontology transform the way people interact with and manage learning content, including through recommendation engines, metadata hubs, and chatbots. The speakers also shared practical considerations for designing semantic models for AI use cases and guiding change enablement and adoption as semantic solutions are rolled out. 

Participants in the session gained insights into:

• Practical considerations, design methods, and best practices for designing learning taxonomies and ontologies to catalyze AI transformations;
• Examples of how AI solutions such as recommendation engines, chatbots, and metadata hubs can help solve learning content management challenges; and
• Key insights from real-world taxonomy and ontology design projects for successful transformation on learning content management.