Taxonomy

Apr 27

Triples, Triads, and Semantics

By Ahren Lehnert Ontology, Taxonomy

Things in Threes There is an expression that good things come in threes. There is also an expression that bad things come in threes. In Semantic Web standards, specifically RDF, the atomic data entity is a tripartite structure called a semantic…

Mar 10

The Semantic Web or the Splinternet?

By Ahren Lehnert Ontology, Taxonomy

The Semantic Web As a taxonomist and employee of a company which publishes taxonomy and ontology management software, semantics and the Semantic Web are never far from mind. Semantics is “the study…

Mar 05

Covidioms: New Terminology Surrounding COVID

By Bob Kasenchak Controlled Vocabularies, Taxonomy

I wrote, not quite a year ago, a short post about some new words, phrases, and idioms emerging from the then-new pandemic in the context of controlled vocabularies. The point of…

Feb 08

Graphite 4.0

By Ahren Lehnert Graphite, Ontology, Taxonomy

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…

Jan 26

The Topic of Concepts (or: The Concept of Topics)

By Bob Kasenchak Taxonomy

Consider the small hierarchical structure shown at right; you might find something like it in any number of product, e-commerce, or indexing taxonomies:Although this structure seems reasonable at first glance,…

Jan 21

Taxonomy Roles and Permissions

By Ahren Lehnert Taxonomy

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…

Dec 23

It Is What It Is

By Ahren Lehnert Categorization, Ontology, Taxonomy

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…

Nov 30

KMWorld Connect 2020 Topics & Trends

By Ahren Lehnert Knowledge Graphs, Taxonomy

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…

Jul 15

Synaptica Insights | Renoir Pope

By Vivs Long-Ferguson Ontology, Taxonomy

Ren Pope is the Owner and Principal of Info-Do based out of Washington DC. He has over 25 years of leadership and vision in the information science field. Ren has held various…

Jun 01

Synaptica Insights | Teodora Petkova

By Vivs Long-Ferguson Knowledge Graphs, Knowledge Management, Taxonomy

Teodora Petkova’s background is in Classical Studies and Creative Writing. Following a career teaching Latin at Sofia University and as a freelance content writer, today Teodora specializes in writing for…

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