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Breaking it Down: What is an Ontology?
Happy Halloween! If I had to pick a word relating to my work that incites the most heated debates about its meaning and purpose, I would have to go with ontology. Let’s be honest, it sounds like a term that … Continue reading
Top 5 Tips for Managing and Versioning an Ontology
Sometimes, clients who come to EK confident in their ontology development capabilities find themselves wrongfooted when it comes to creating an ontology management plan. This is partly a result of documentation – there are a wide variety of resources on … Continue reading
Expert Analysis: How Does My Organization Use Auto-tagging Effectively? Part Two
In part one of this series, James Midkiff and Sara Duane, senior technical consultants at EK, discussed what auto-tagging is and when an organization should use it. This blog will discuss auto-tagging best practices to answer the foundational question, “How … Continue reading
A Semantic Data Fabric with Federated Governance for Data Standardization
The Solution To enable the adoption of standardized data across the organization, EK spearheaded the design and development of an enterprise ontology, defining key data elements describing the core financial activities the client performs for millions of customers as well … Continue reading
Identifying Security Risks Using Auto-Tagging and Text Analytics
On Thursday, November 10, Joe Hilger and Sara Duane spoke at Text Analytics Forum about identifying secure and confidential information using auto-tagging. Information security continues to grow in importance in today’s society. We hear stories all of the time about … Continue reading
Taxonomy in the Age of Personalization
Zach Wahl and Sara Mae O’Brien-Scott spoke at the 2022 Taxonomy Boot Camp in Washington, D.C. on taxonomy’s critical role in delivering what every end user now expects—a seamless and personalized experience. Personalization is harnessed by the most successful organizations to … Continue reading
Climbing the Ontology Mountain to Achieve a Successful Knowledge Graph
Tatiana Baquero Cakici, Senior KM Consultant, and Jennifer Doughty, Senior Solution Consultant from Enterprise Knowledge’s Data and Information Management (DIME) Division presented at the Taxonomy Boot Camp (KMWorld 2022) on November 17, 2022. KMWorld is the world’s leading knowledge management … Continue reading
Jumpstarting Your Semantic Solution Design with UML Diagrams
Where do I start? Whether it be a taxonomy, an ontology, or a knowledge graph, this is a common question that we get from clients when they are beginning their scoping journey. We get it. It is difficult to define … Continue reading
Optimizing Your Taxonomy in SharePoint Online: Search Filters
All too often, clients come to Enterprise Knowledge (EK) with the issue that “we cannot find anything in our SharePoint sites.” Because of its highly configurable nature, SharePoint can quickly become the wild west of your organization if it is … Continue reading
Why Your Data Fabric Needs an Enterprise Ontology
In today’s rapidly growing and evolving data environment, it is increasingly difficult for organizations to get maximal value from the full breadth of their data. As more data is produced faster by more sources, it is difficult for analysts, data … Continue reading