How Semantic Layers Support Product Search and Discovery
Taxonomies have been in use for a long time on e-commerce websites. They help users find the products they want to buy by means of organized categories and subcategories of product types, and the feature of filtering by product attributes. … Continue reading
Five things that Content Management and an Orchestra Performance Have in Common
Imagine that you are in a theater listening to an orchestra. Do you notice that all the musicians refer to the same set of music sheets to ensure that they play their instruments in sync? Just like an orchestra performance, … Continue reading
Vilenio to Speak at an Upcoming Webinar on Turning a Taxonomy into a Recommendation Engine
Connor Vilenio, Senior Consultant at Enterprise Knowledge, will be speaking at an upcoming webinar hosted by Ontotext on the topic, “Turning a Taxonomy into a Recommendation Engine: Lessons Learned from Rapid Development of Content Recommenders using Taxonomies and GraphDB as … Continue reading
Common Taxonomy Design Mistakes, Part I: Failing to Include Your End Users
The necessity of a business taxonomy has become increasingly apparent as organizations across the globe have shifted to working from home and, consequently, have an increased need for their employees to be able to quickly and independently find and discover … Continue reading
Overcoming Enterprise Taxonomy and Ontology Design Challenges
In almost every taxonomy project, certain inescapable challenges arise. Many of these are the tangible business challenges, such as gaining stakeholder buy-in, configuring systems implementation and integration, drafting a governance procedure, and ensuring the business needs are met during every … Continue reading
EK Sponsoring and Speaking at OmniChannelX 2020
Enterprise Knowledge is sponsoring and speaking at OmniChannelX June 8th-11th. OmnichannelX, which will be held virtually this year, is the world’s first conference dedicated to helping organizations build strong personal relationships with their audience by leveraging omnichannels. Omnichannel is the … Continue reading
Why a Knowledge Graph is the Best Way to Upgrade Your Taxonomy
Many organizations begin their journey in semantic solutions with a taxonomy. Taxonomies are simple information models that help organizations describe and structure their information in a hierarchy. They are effective for organizing content and data, but do not capture all … Continue reading
How to Build a Knowledge Graph in Four Steps: The Roadmap From Metadata to AI
The scale and speed at which data and information are being generated today makes it challenging for organizations to effectively capture valuable insights from massive amounts of information and diverse sources. We rely on Google, Amazon, Alexa, and other chatbots … Continue reading
How to Distinguish Between Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Metadata Fields
When designing an enterprise taxonomy, the number of possible metadata fields that can be used to describe content can be overwhelming. Depending on the type of content, the size of the organization, and the breadth of that organization’s functions, the … 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