Credential Transparency for Equitable Student Success
There are nearly one million credentials offered in the United States by various education, training, licensing, and certification organizations. Unfortunately, there is too little transparency about these credentials and their value. Credential Engine is a non-profit focused on bringing transparency to the credentials landscape. Credential transparency supports student success by making information about credentials public, […]
Read moreNew Way to Standardize Data Delivery
Enterprises should standardize and automate data delivery to avoid data performance and quality issues. To an extent, automated pipeline and quality tools can help. But by themselves, they cannot offer the necessary standardization because the sources, targets, users, use cases, and platforms are diverse. An innovative approach to standardizing and automating data delivery is to […]
Read moreDesign Principles for Boutique Knowledge Graphs
Cost, in terms of financial outlay and the organizational effort, are common roadblocks to beginning work on a knowledge graph. An alternative and beneficial approach would be a boutique knowledge graph–a way to start small and return actual value. Starting small, however, should not be considered a second-tier solution, as they are a better choice […]
Read moreAddressing Inequity in Information Access
The reasons for inequity in access to information are complex because when, where, and how people access, search, choose and use information depends on many different factors. The factors could be as varied as a user’s background, language, location, the device they use, level of expertise in a discipline, and the entry-points they use for […]
Read moreHow Semantic Search Enhances Scientific Search
Generally, a search tool optimized for a specific domain or a subject is unlikely to work well when applied to another domain or a subject. This inability to perform optimally across multiple disciplines or topics limits the utility of the search tool for scientific search. A way to overcome this challenge is by taking a […]
Read moreAn Ontology for Aquaponics System’s Knowledge
The realization of aquaponics 4.0, a strategic initiative characterized by the fusion of emerging technologies, requires an efficient flow and integration of data due to the presence of complex biological processes. However, a key challenge is dealing with the semantic heterogeneity of multiple data resources. An aquaponics ontology solves the semantic interoperation problem by describing, […]
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