Top Semantic Layer Use Cases and Applications (with Real World Case Studies)  

Today, most enterprises are managing multiple content and data systems or repositories, often with overlapping capabilities such as content authoring, document management, or data management (typically averaging three or more). This leads to fragmentation and data silos, creating significant inefficiencies. … Continue reading

Enhancing Taxonomy Management Through Knowledge Intelligence

In today’s data-driven world, managing taxonomies has become increasingly complex, requiring a balance between precision and usability. The Knowledge Intelligence (KI) framework – a strategic integration of human expertise, AI capabilities, and organizational knowledge assets – offers a transformative approach … Continue reading

Why Your Taxonomy Needs SKOS 

Taxonomies are a valuable tool for capturing semantic context, but their full value can only be realized when they’re represented in a standardized format. This infographic introduces SKOS (Simple Knowledge Organization System) and demonstrates how your organization’s taxonomies can reach their full potential. Continue reading

Enterprise AI Architecture Series: How to Inject Business Context into Structured Data using a Semantic Layer (Part 3)

Introduction AI has attracted significant attention in recent years, prompting me to explore enterprise AI architectures through a multi-part blog series this year. Part 1 of this series introduced the key technical components required for implementing an enterprise AI architecture. … Continue reading

What is Semantics and Why Does it Matter?

This white paper will unpack what semantics is, and walk through the benefits of a semantic approach to your organization’s data across search, usability, and standardization. As a knowledge and information management consultancy, EK works closely with clients to help … Continue reading

How a Semantic Layer Transforms Engineering Research Industry Challenges

To drive future innovation, research organizations increasingly seek to develop advanced platforms that enhance the findability and connectivity of their knowledge, data, and content–empowering more efficient and impactful R&D efforts. However, many face challenges due to decentralized information systems, where … Continue reading

Extracting Knowledge from Documents: Enabling Semantic Search for Pharmaceutical Research and Development

The Challenge A major pharmaceutical research and development company faced difficulty creating regulatory reports and files based on years of drug experimentation data. Their regulatory intelligence teams and drug development chemists spent dozens of hours searching through hundreds of thousands … Continue reading

The Minimum Requirements To Consider Something a Semantic Layer

Semantic Layers are an important design framework for connecting information across an organization in preparation for Enterprise AI and Knowledge Intelligence. But with every new technology and framework, interest in utilizing the technological advance outpaces experience in effective implementation. As … Continue reading