The Importance of a Semantic Layer in a Knowledge Management Technology Suite
One of the most common Knowledge Management (KM) pitfalls at any organization is the inability to find fresh, reliable information at the time of need. One of, if not the most prominent, causes of this inability to quickly find information … Continue reading
Using Wireframes to Define and Visualize Enterprise Knowledge Graphs
As a complement to our enterprise search engagements with clients, we often end up exploring how the implementation of a knowledge graph can establish the foundation for more advanced KM and data efforts, such as smart search or AI capabilities … Continue reading
Five Steps to Implement Search with a Knowledge Graph
Knowledge Graphs and Search are commonly linked together to support search use cases such as: Returning contextual relationships with search results; Displaying relevant topics in a knowledge panel; or Powering an expert finder. These advanced use cases enable an organization … Continue reading
Knowledge Management Trends in 2021
The last year has been a big one for Knowledge Management. Technology is advancing rapidly, introducing capabilities around knowledge graphs, ontologies, and enterprise artificial intelligence that seemed like distant possibilities just a few years ago. The pandemic, meanwhile, forced every … Continue reading
What is Information Scent, and How do I Design for It?
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
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
How to Optimize Search Relevance: Boosting and Filtering
What if when searching your company’s intranet for the terms “service desk,” the first 10 results have nothing to do with a web page where you can submit an IT service ticket? Or what if you are searching for “reports,” … 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