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Overcoming the Opaqueness Surrounding AI through Open Innovation

Artificial intelligence (AI) and the fields associated with it such as machine learning (MI), natural language processing (NLP), deep learning, etc., are set to be a societal game changer. Therefore, for a sustainable future, the goal should be to incorporate the 17 development goals prescribed by the United Nations into AI with ethics at its […]

Taxonomy Boot Camp London: Call For Speakers—Theme: Anything is Possible

Now in its fourth year, Taxonomy Boot Camp (TBC) London is once again looking to showcase the very best insights and practices in taxonomy and related work. As always, TBC welcomes contributions from taxonomy practitioners, technologists, researchers, developers, information architects, product managers, and so on. Taxonomies are at the heart of the event, but TBC […]

The Connection between a Knowledge Graph and an Ontology

There is some confusion about whether knowledge graphs are synonymous with ontologies. This confusion arises because of the interchangeable use of the term knowledge graph with the term knowledge base, used interchangeably with the term ontology. This blog examines all the elements of ontology along with knowledge graphs to understand the role fulfilled by knowledge […]

Building a Taxonomy of Graph Use Cases

In this article, Dan McCreary, a distinguished engineer in artificial intelligence and graphs at Optum, deep dives into when large Fortune 10 healthcare companies should employ graph technologies. Initially, a checklist on what sort of challenges were a good fit for graphs was compiled based on his experience in a wide variety of domains. When […]

Enhancing Knowledge Sharing Through Smart Content Delivery

The challenges in enhancing enterprise knowledge are partly due to the phenomenal growth rate in the volume of content. Consequently, users complain that enterprise search produces irrelevant results, content managers are overwhelmed, and executives are increasingly aware of the opportunity cost of the knowledge hidden in unstructured data. In short, users are spending too much […]

Why enterprises need taxonomy governance

Taxonomies exist to support business processes, associated goals, and subsist within the context of multiple business processes. Furthermore, taxonomies grow and evolve with the business. Therefore, it is critical to ensure that taxonomies are maintained in a way that satisfies current and future needs of an enterprise and provides the maximum return on investment. Hence, […]

How Ontologies Enable Computers to Overcome the Challenge Induced by Domain Specific Terminologies

Today, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being increasingly used to find, crawl, aggregate, and analyze both structured and unstructured data. However, when it comes to filtering and processing data of a particular domain, this plain vanilla approach might not work. For computers to identify key terms and concepts and extract the most relevant data regarding the […]

Key Steps to Build a Taxonomy

Information gathering, draft taxonomy design and building, taxonomy review/testing/validation and revision and taxonomy governance/maintenance plan drafting constitute the steps to follow when building a taxonomy. These steps may overlap slightly, but they remain the key to building a taxonomy. In this article, Heather Hedden, a taxonomist and the author of the book The Accidental Taxonomist […]

How a Front-End Taxonomy Helped Jet Improve Shopping Experience for Customers

For a long time, Jet.com, the American e-commerce company, used back-end (product type) taxonomy. However, when analytics revealed their customers have different intents or missions when shopping for different things, they decided to develop a site-taxonomy (front-end taxonomy). This article by Nikita Sharma, a senior software engineer at Jet, explores how front-end taxonomy came to […]

Categorization is the key to successful advertising

Categorization is arguably the greatest unsung hero in the advertising industry. Along with taxonomy and content classification, it can simplify the complex media landscape and help both buyers, and sellers deliver advertisements (ads) that maximize revenue and customer satisfaction. In addition, the enforcement of GDPR has made it evident that categorization can help alter the […]