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Generative AI for Taxonomy Creation
There is a growing awareness and appreciation for taxonomies as information and knowledge management tools. Taxonomies – structured sets of terms tagged to content – support search, information discovery, browse navigation, news alerts and feeds, content recommendation and personalization, content … Continue reading
Extending Taxonomies to Ontologies
Sometimes the words “taxonomy” and “ontology” are used interchangeably, and while they are closely related, they are not the same thing. They are both considered kinds of knowledge organization systems to support information and knowledge management. Yet there is often … Continue reading
Generative AI-Assisted Taxonomy Development for a Global Investment Bank
The Challenge A multinational financial institution with a century-long legacy, celebrated for pioneering financial solutions and shaping the global economic landscape, relied on unstructured data for risk management. With a vast array of risks to consider, and a wealth of … Continue reading
Expert Analysis: Top 5 Considerations When Building a Modern Knowledge Portal
Knowledge Portals aggregate and present various types of content – including unstructured content, structured data, and connections to people and enterprise resources. This facilitates the creation of new knowledge and discovery of existing information. The following article highlights five key … Continue reading
The Role of Ontologies with LLMs
In today’s world, the capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs) have generated widespread excitement. Recent advancements have made natural language use cases, like chatbots and semantic search, more feasible for organizations. However, many people don’t understand … Continue reading
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
Presentation: Building for the KM Archetypes at Your Company
Taylor Paschal, Knowledge and Information Management Consultant at Enterprise Knowledge, and Jessica Malloy, Senior Knowledge Manager at Harvard Business Publishing, presented on April 19, 2023 at the APQC Conference in Houston, Texas on the topic of Building for the KM … 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