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Information Foraging When developing search for a website or intranet, getting to know your end-users and their behavioral tendencies is critical in order to improve the relevancy of search results. Being able to predict how users interact with the site … Continue reading
Evaluating Knowledge Graphs for Search
The Challenge A national research organization wanted to determine the feasibility of building an organization-wide knowledge graph by building a knowledge graph proof of concept (POC), and evaluate the organization’s readiness to adopt knowledge graphs. The organization is one of … Continue reading
Designing Search on a Knowledge Graph
The Challenge A national research organization identified a high priority need to make research results easier to find. The organization manages multiple research domains that each produce hundreds of research projects, publications, and webinars annually on current, emerging, and critical … Continue reading
How Do I Update and Scale My Knowledge Graph?
Enterprise Knowledge Graph Governance Best Practices Successfully building, implementing, and scaling an enterprise knowledge graph is a serious undertaking. Those who have been successful at it would emphasize that it takes a clear definition of need (use cases), an appetite … Continue reading
Consider the User: A Chatbot UX Guide
The growing presence of chatbots may have you wondering if it’s time to implement one at your own organization. While many organizations can benefit from the introduction of a chatbot, you’ll want to ensure that your bot is tailored to … Continue reading
Integrating Search and Knowledge Graphs Series Part 1: Displaying Relationships
I’ve spent many years helping clients implement enterprise search solutions and am constantly looking for new ways to improve a user’s search experience so that they can find relevant content as well as discover new content they may not have … Continue reading
Why am I Mr. SPARQL?
Over the past few years, I have gained a lot of experience working with graph databases, RDF, and SPARQL.¹ SPARQL can be tricky for both new and experienced users as it is not always obvious why a query is returning unexpected … Continue reading
The UX Guide to Chatbots
Think your organization could benefit from a chatbot but not sure where to start? Or, are you curious to know if your organization would actually benefit from chatbot implementation? In this blog, I’ll review four necessary areas of consideration before … Continue reading
A Case for Chatbots
“Welcome to our chat! You can ask me anything or request real human help any time. Ask me anything!” Whether you’re looking to buy a car, ordering pizza, or browsing research publications, the average internet experience tends to feature some … Continue reading
If I Only Had an (Enterprise Search) Brain: Behind the Wizardry of a Seamless Search Experience
We all know what a seamless search experience feels like. Thanks to Google and Amazon, we expect to immediately find that restaurant, book, or movie we’re looking for. For an end user, using an effective search portal is like watching … Continue reading