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The Value of Taxonomy: Why Taxonomy (Still) Matters
After decades of taxonomy design consulting, I’m still amazed that some organizations doubt the value of effective enterprise taxonomy design. Though knowledge and information management technologies, as well as associated search technologies have changed, the core business value and use … Continue reading
The Importance of Content Governance, Part I: Enhancing Content Governance By Involving the Right People
Content Governance is more than just rule-making. It is about coordinating efforts, creating opportunities, being responsive to the surroundings, acting decisively, and moving your team towards a common objective. When we talk about Governance this way, it sounds a lot … Continue reading
The Importance of Content Governance, An Introduction
A great content strategy will deliver great content, or as our Principal, Zach Wahl, would call it, “NERDy content.” However, even the best content requires the proper level of care and attention in order to remain great. Governance provides support … Continue reading
Using Knowledge Graph Data Models to Solve Real Business Problems
A successful business today must possess the capacity to quickly glean valuable insights from massive amounts of data and information coming from diverse sources. The scale and speed at which companies are generating data and information, however, often makes this … Continue reading
Taxonomy Is Here! Taxonomy and the Final Season of Game of Thrones
Despite the fact that the first day of Spring occurred only a couple weeks ago, it appears that winter is finally upon us. The eighth and final season of HBO’s Game of Thrones officially premieres on April 14th, and the … Continue reading
The Roadmap to Open, Accessible, and Machine-Readable Data
In January, the federal government passed a new law to improve data management at federal agencies, H.R. 4174, the “Foundations for Evidence-based Policymaking Act of 2018”. The law includes the Open, Public, Electronic, and Necessary Government Data Act, or the … Continue reading
Designing Content Types for Performance Support
We know that learners struggle to translate what they have learned in a theoretical training to on the job performance improvement. We also know that training programs are most effective when they go beyond a single classroom or online learning … Continue reading
The Cost of Doing Nothing: The Business Case for Knowledge and Information Management
For many organizations, investment decisions on Knowledge, Data, and Information Management initiatives are driven by high-level business objectives such as increased efficiency, productivity, competitive advantage, and enhanced employee or customer engagement. While aligning Knowledge and Information Management initiatives with business … Continue reading
Achieving a Gold Standard Taxonomy
One of the first steps of a taxonomy design effort is to gather any previous taxonomies that may exist within the business, as well as sample content, search logs, and pre-existing information about these taxonomies’ content or systems. At EK, … Continue reading
Knowledge Graphs for Data Governance
The explosion of data and data scientists is making data governance more important, and more difficult. Most large organizations have thousands of data files and a wide range of users working with those files. The size and complexity of these … Continue reading