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New Taxonomies Added to the Open Risk Manual

Two new taxonomies have been added to the Open Risk Manual, an open online repository of information for risk management developed and maintained by Open Risk. The first is the Common Procurement Vocabulary, and the second is the European Union (EU) Financial Competence Framework. The Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) establishes a single European classification system […]

Springer Nature SciGraph: A Semantic Linked Open Data Platform

The aim of developing the Springer Nature SciGraph is to support open science and offer a more comprehensive understanding of research. The Linked Open Data (LOD) platform, SciGraph, aggregates data sources from Springer Nature and cooperating partners. This aggregation makes analyzing information related to Springer Nature publications simpler. In practice, the Springer Nature SciGraph collates […]

South Africa’s Green Finance Taxonomy

South Africa has launched its first national Green Finance Taxonomy. Investors, issuers, lenders, and other financial sector participants can track, monitor, and demonstrate the credentials of their green activities confidently and efficiently by leveraging this taxonomy. The Green Finance Taxonomy ensures that national priorities are reflected while aligning with international trends. It takes account of […]

A Multi-Hazard Taxonomy for Buildings and Infrastructure

A report proposes a multi-hazard risk taxonomy for buildings and physical infrastructure. Called “GED4ALL”, the taxonomy will help emergency planners to assess, plan, and respond to the full range of various disasters and emergencies. “GED4ALL” can be applied globally. In the event of multi-national crises and disasters, it should help emergency preparedness, and response professionals […]

Positioning a Clinically Integrated Network for Success

To promote quality of care and cost efficiency, Clinically Integrated Networks (CINs) must create a unified longitudinal health care record, support complex hierarchies, and data sharing; provide broad access to care and unified care management, and implement compensation models that reward performance over volume. To do so, hierarchies or ontology-based foundation layers are of vital […]

The Role of Blockchain in ESG

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investing is accelerating. The importance of ESG metrics and the demand for reliable data for measuring them has also increased concomitantly. With no industry-wide set of standards, verified and standardized ESG data is challenging to come by. Distributed ledger technology, in general, and blockchain technology, in particular, has the potential […]

Linked Data Projects in Libraries

Libraries have begun work on projects to create new or convert existing data to linked data. The overarching goal is to improve discoverability and access for their patrons by integrating library catalogs with linked data. The University of Alberta Library (UAL) is employing linked data to improve access and discovery for its patrons in various […]

Ontology Project to Streamline the Normalization of Building Data

Buildings IOT recently released the Ontology Alignment Project (OAP). This open-source ontology includes a data model for a growing list of systems within the built environment. It is foundational for improving building management and operations. The OAP defines the name and the points associated with building entities to make their data machine-readable. The project aims […]

The IDMP Common Core Ontology Project

The Pistoia Alliance has introduced its newest project—IDMP Common Core Ontology. The project aims to augment the existing Identification of Medicinal Products (IDMP) framework as defined by the International Standards Organization. The IDMP Common Core Ontology will be devised as a common core ontology under FAIR data principles. The ontology will enable semantic interoperability and […]

How important is Data Annotation?

The primary objectives of data annotation are to ensure that the data is reliable, accurate, complete, and relevant. How important are these data annotation goals to enterprises? Depending on the form of the data, data annotation techniques such as text categorization, video, and image annotation, content categorization, and semantic annotation offer many benefits. For example, […]