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The Role of Taxonomy and Ontology in Semantic Layers
Heather Hedden, Senior Consultant at Enterprise Knowledge, presented “The Role of Taxonomy and Ontology in Semantic Layers” at a webinar hosted by Progress Semaphore on April 16, 2024. Taxonomies at their core enable effective tagging and retrieval of content, and … Continue reading
Designing IA for AI: Information Architecture Conference 2024
On April 12, Chris Marino and Guillermo Galdamez presented “Designing IA for AI” at IAC24. With the explosive popularity of ChatGPT, organizations are throwing massive budgets and executive attention at the implementation of AI technologies. Making these solutions work for … Continue reading
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
Taxonomy Roller Coasters: Techniques to Keep Stakeholders on the Ride
Laurie Gray, Principal Consultant on Enterprise Knowledge’s Strategy team, and EK client Kate Vilches, Knowledge Management Lead at Ulteig, presented on November 6, 2022 at the Taxonomy Boot Camp Conference, co-located with KMWorld, in Washington, D.C. The talk, “Taxonomy Roller … 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
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