Graphite KOS 4.0 Well, what a long, strange trip 2020 has been. We made it! Here we are! Synaptica continues to work diligently on updating and improving our ontology management software, Graphite, and we’ve made a lot of additions…
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The Solo Taxonomist I don’t know about you, but in the early days of taxonomy efforts at organizations I’ve worked at, the role of the taxonomist often stood alone. Of course, there wouldn’t be…
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It Is What It Is As a taxonomist, when I hear the expression “it is what it is,” I’m tempted to define the subject (“it”) of this statement as categorically clear. It is what…
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KMWorld Connect The annual KMWorld Conference went virtual this year as KMWorld Connect from November 16th - 19th with the pre-conference workshops running November 12th-13th. The co-located conferences, Enterprise Search & Discovery, Taxonomy Boot Camp, and Text Analytics Forum were…
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The Taxonomy Campaign It’s an election year, so what better way to talk about kicking off a successful taxonomy campaign in your organization than comparing it to a political campaign? After…
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Graphite KOS 3.0 2020 has been an unprecedented year for many of us as we adjust to the disruptions in our normal lives, including working from home, travelling less or not at all, and finding new…
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Fit-for-Purpose Taxonomies A common request from our customers is the ability to deliver the right terms at the right time. Delivering the right terms at the right time is more than simply maintaining taxonomies…
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Bob Kasenchak and Ahren Lehnert, Synaptica The second-to-last session in this series was entitled High-value use cases of knowledge graphs and featured useful talks by speakers from Intuit, JPMorgan Chase,…
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Visualization I’ve been thinking quite a bit about visualization lately. At Synaptica, we’ve been doing internal visualization development on our Graphite product. I also recently attended the Information Architecture Conference…
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The stay at home or shelter in place (SIP) orders (here’s my local order) due to COVID-19 have forced a proof of concept (PoC) moment for knowledge management. While many…
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