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European Materials & Modeling Ontology — an Ontology for Applied Sciences

The European Materials and Modeling Ontology (EMMO) — a multidisciplinary effort — is now available under a Creative Commons license. The intent behind the ontology was to develop a standard representational framework (the ontology) based on physical sciences, materials modeling knowledge, analytical philosophy and information and communication technologies. Interactions between materials modeling stakeholders were complex […]

First SQL Semantic Knowledge Graph That Integrates Wikipedia and Wikidata Knowledge into SQL Engines Launched

A unique SQL knowledge graph that provides semantic access to DBpedia and facilitates DBpedia knowledge integration into standard data warehouses and data lakes has been launched. The launch was announced by WP-Semantix (WPS) — the “SQL Knowledge Graph Company™” and DBpedia Association — Institut für Angewandte Informatik e.V. DBpedia is the crowd-sourced community effort to […]

The powerful case for Graph Databases as part of Enterprise Knowledge Graphs

The semantic web, which had a kind of graph database (Graph DB) — triplestores — and its related resource description framework (RDF) as one of its core part, generated many expectations. For instance, it was expected that triplestores would replace relational database management systems (RDBMS). Similarly, it was anticipated RDF would displace other exchange formats. […]

Leveraging a metadata strategy to serve findable and relevant content

Many factors are contributing to the under utilization of content produced by B2B enterprises. Chief among them are findability, relevance, and quality. This article details how the right metadata strategy can make a brand’s content findable and relevant. The overarching goal of a metadata strategy should be to transform a random collection of content into […]

Researchers release open source knowledge graph on European public procurement

International research teams including open data specialists from the University of Southampton have released a European knowledge graph. The knowledge graph is expected to boost procurement data analytics and decision-making capabilities across Europe. Public procurement tenders amount close to two trillion Euros annually. Therefore, making it critical that the market operates fairly and efficiently, supporting […]

Why Visual Search is all set to Replace Keywords

If current trends in e-commerce are an indication, keywords will no longer be enough to facilitate search in visual industries such as fashion and home décor. According to reports cited in this article, customers want visual search, and early adopters will experience substantial growth in digital commerce revenue. This new trend has been a long […]

New Ontology Specifications for Smart Cities, Industry 4.0 and Smart Agriculture Released

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), a European Standards Organization, announced the release of three new specifications for the smart cities, industry, and manufacturing, and smart agriculture and food chain domains. This is in addition, to the first three Smart Applications REFerence (SAREF) ontology specifications for energy, environment, and buildings. By enabling interoperability, these standards […]

Overcoming the Ontology Problem by Using a Distributed Approach

In spite of the widespread use of knowledge graphs, defining the right structure and populating it with data is still a challenge. As a result, enterprises fail to maintain the knowledge graphs after the initial burst of enthusiasm. Consequently, usage becomes minimal, and the knowledge graphs virtually cease existing, leading to a problem described as […]

How Taxonomy and Metadata Can Make DAM into Customer Experience Content Hub

Enterprises can mold digital asset management (DAM) into an interactive central repository of customer experience content by leveraging taxonomy and metadata. Anjali Yakkundi, product-marketing director at Aprimo, details how taxonomy and metadata do that by making content in DAM searchable and discoverable. How does taxonomy forge DAM as the heart of interactive customer experience? In […]

A paradigm shift from numbering documents to content tagging

A highly debated topic during enterprise content management initiatives is how to establish a document-numbering standard. Discussions revolve around the format of the number in a document, the intelligence the number should hold, and its adoption and standardization across the organization. In the digital age, however, much of the reasoning around the conventional smart numbering […]