Larry Swanson

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enterprise IA | knowledge graphs | semantic modeling | structured content and data | practice democratization | community building | podcasting
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Semantic technologies permit powerful connections across #linkedData resources on the web. Until recently, developers had to learn the #RDF language to discover and use these resources.

Leveraging the new Model Context Protocol and LLM-powered natural-language interfaces, @Emekaokoye has created the RDF Explorer, an #MCP service that lets any developer surf the semantic web without having to learn its specialized language.

https://knowledgegraphinsights.com/emeka-okoye/

Tom Plasterer was instrumental in the creation of the #FAIRdata principle, the idea - driven by the introduction of the #semanticWeb - that data should be findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable.

From its origins in the semantic web community, scientific research, and the pharmaceutical industry, FAIR has since been widely adopted in academia, research, industry, and enterprises of all kinds.

Hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did.

https://knowledgegraphinsights.com/tom-plasterer/

I need an AI agent which automatically mutes anyone who posts in social media about how all work in software will get displaced by AI agents.

Mara Inglezakis Owens brings a human-centered focus to her work as an #enterpriseArchitect at a major US airline.

Drawing on her background in the #humanities and her pragmatic approach to business, she has developed a practice that embodies both #digitalAnthropology and #productThinking.

The result is a #knowledgeArchitecture that works for its users and consistently demonstrates its value to key stakeholders.

Hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did.

https://knowledgegraphinsights.com/mara-owens/

Addressing critical needs driven by the dynamic world of #techDocs, Manny Silva has created Docs as Tests, a system that integrates well-developed #techComms practices and a collection of engineering tooling to help #technicalWriters streamline and constantly improve their software #documentation and #QA work.

This was a fun chat with a deeply experienced Silicon Valley #content veteran. I hope you enjoy the conversation as much as I did.

https://ellessmedia.com/csi/manny-silva/

Much of the conversation around AI lately is about #neuroSymbolic systems that combine neural-network tech like #LLMs and symbolic AI like #knowledgeGraphs.

Frank van Harmelen's puts his AI research in the larger context of how these technical systems can best support #people.

While some in the AI world seek to replace #humans with machines, Frank focuses on AI systems that collaborate with people to create #hybridIntelligence.

https://knowledgegraphinsights.com/frank-van-harmelen/

As the founder of @wikidata, @vrandecic has thought a lot about how to better connect the world's knowledge.

His current project is Abstract Wikipedia, an initiative that aims to let anyone anywhere on the planet contribute to, and benefit from, the world's collective knowledge, in their native language.

It's an ambitious goal, but Denny is confident that Wikimedia community can make it happen.

https://knowledgegraphinsights.com/denny-vrandecic/

Denny Vrandečić: Abstract Wikipedia connecting the world's knowledge

Denny Vrandečić aims to better connect the world's knowledge with the Abstract Wikipedia project.

KGI

Since the #semanticWeb was introduced almost 25 years ago, many have dismissed it as a failure.

Charles Ivie shows that the #RDF standard and the #knowledgeRepresentation technology built on it have actually been quite successful.

More than half of the world's web pages now share semantic annotations, and the widespread adoption of knowledge graphs in enterprises and media companies is only growing as #enterpriseAI architectures mature.

https://knowledgegraphinsights.com/charles-ivie/

Charles Ivie: the rousing success of the semantic web "failure"

Charles Ivie the ostensibly failed "semantic web" knowledge-representation "failure" has actually been quite successful.

KGI

In recent years, #dataProducts have emerged as a solution to the enterprise problem of siloed data and knowledge.

Andrea Gioia helps his clients build composable, reusable data products so they can better capitalize on the value in their #enterprise data assets.

Built around collaboratively developed #ontologies, Andrea's data products have evolved into something that might also be called a #knowledgeProduct.

https://knowledgegraphinsights.com/andrea-gioia/

Andrea Gioia: human-centered modeling for data products

Andrea Gioia helps his clients build composable, reusable data products so they can capitalize on the value in their data assets.

KGI

Modern content systems are complex and abstract, presenting problems for managers who want to understand how their content is performing.

At Autogram, Jeff Eaton and Karen McGrane have developed a #contentObservability framework to address this complexity.

Their framework evaluates the composition, quality, health, and effectiveness of content programs to help enterprises measure the return on their content investment, their #contentROI.

https://ellessmedia.com/csi/jeff-eaton-2/

Jeff Eaton: content observability in complex systems

At Autogram, Jeff Eaton and Karen McGrane developed a content observability framework to address complex, modern content ROI measurement.

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