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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
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
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
Enhancing Taxonomy Management Through Knowledge Intelligence
In today’s data-driven world, managing taxonomies has become increasingly complex, requiring a balance between precision and usability. The Knowledge Intelligence (KI) framework – a strategic integration of human expertise, AI capabilities, and organizational knowledge assets – offers a transformative approach … Continue reading
Why Your Taxonomy Needs SKOS
Taxonomies are a valuable tool for capturing semantic context, but their full value can only be realized when they’re represented in a standardized format. This infographic introduces SKOS (Simple Knowledge Organization System) and demonstrates how your organization’s taxonomies can reach their full potential. 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
What is Semantics and Why Does it Matter?
This white paper will unpack what semantics is, and walk through the benefits of a semantic approach to your organization’s data across search, usability, and standardization. As a knowledge and information management consultancy, EK works closely with clients to help … Continue reading
How a Semantic Layer Transforms Engineering Research Industry Challenges
To drive future innovation, research organizations increasingly seek to develop advanced platforms that enhance the findability and connectivity of their knowledge, data, and content–empowering more efficient and impactful R&D efforts. However, many face challenges due to decentralized information systems, where … Continue reading
AI & Taxonomy: the Good and the Bad
The recent popularity of new machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) applications has disrupted a great deal of traditional data and knowledge management understanding and tooling. At EK, we have worked with a number of clients who have questions–how … Continue reading
Extracting Knowledge from Documents: Enabling Semantic Search for Pharmaceutical Research and Development
The Challenge A major pharmaceutical research and development company faced difficulty creating regulatory reports and files based on years of drug experimentation data. Their regulatory intelligence teams and drug development chemists spent dozens of hours searching through hundreds of thousands … Continue reading