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The Semantic Exchange: Metadata Within the Semantic Layer
Enterprise Knowledge is pleased to introduce a new webinar series, The Semantic Exchange. This session is the third of a five part series where we invite fellow practitioners to tune in and hear more about work we’ve published from the … Continue reading
Semantic Layer Maturity Framework Series: Taxonomy
Taxonomy is foundational to the Semantic Layer. A taxonomy establishes the essential semantic building blocks upon which everything else is built, starting by standardizing naming conventions and ensuring consistent terminology. From there, taxonomy concepts are enriched with additional context, such … Continue reading
Graph Analytics in the Semantic Layer: Architectural Framework for Knowledge Intelligence
Introduction As enterprises accelerate AI adoption, the semantic layer has become essential for unifying siloed data and delivering actionable, contextualized insights. Graph analytics plays a pivotal role within this architecture, serving as the analytical engine that reveals patterns and relationships … Continue reading
The Role of Taxonomy in Labeled Property Graphs (LPGs) & Graph Analytics
Taxonomies play a critical role in deriving meaningful insights from data by providing structured classifications that help organize complex information. While their use is well-established in frameworks like the Resource Description Framework (RDF), their integration with Labeled Property Graphs (LPGs) … Continue reading
How to Implement a Semantic Layer: A Proven Operating Model
As organizations invest in enterprise AI and knowledge intelligence, the semantic layer serves as a critical foundation for providing a consistent, contextual framework that connects data assets across multiple sources to enable shared understanding, interoperability, and more intelligent use of … Continue reading
Semantic Layer Strategy for Linked Data Investigations
A government organization sought to more effectively exploit their breadth of data generated by investigation activity of criminal networks for comprehensive case building and threat trend analysis. EK engaged with the client to develop a strategy and product vision for their semantic solution, paired with foundational semantic data models for meaningful data categorization and linking, architecture designs and tool recommendations for integrating and leveraging graph data, and entitlements designs for adhering to complex security standards. Continue reading
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
EK’s Joe Hilger, Lulit Tesfaye, Sara Nash, and Urmi Majumder to Speak at Data Summit 2025
Enterprise Knowledge’s Joe Hilger, Chief Operating Officer, and Sara Nash, Principal Consultant, will co-present a workshop, and Lulit Tesfaye, Partner and Vice President of Knowledge and Data Services, and Urmi Majumder, Principal Data Architect, will present a conference session at … 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
Entitlements Within a Semantic Layer Framework: Benefits of Determining User Roles Within a Data Governance Framework
The importance of data governance grows as the number of users with permission to access, create, or edit content and data within organizational ecosystems faces cumulative upkeep. An organization may have a plan for data governance and may have software … Continue reading