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The Profound Effect of Linked Data on Enterprise Systems

by Dave McComb | Sep 12, 2013 | Data-Centric Architecture

Jan Voskuil, of Taxonic, recently sent me this white paper. It is excellent.  It’s so good I put it in the taxonomic category, “I wish I would have written this”. But since I didn’t, I did the next best thing.  Jan has agreed to let us host a...

I’m trying to build an enterprise ontology for my organization. How can I avoid terminology wars?

by Dave McComb | Nov 1, 2012 | Knowledge Graphs & Ontologies

Great question. This is an ongoing challenge because different parts of a company use terms differently. One rule of thumb is to avoid using terms that have many different meanings across the company – this will just cause confusion. Things can be set up so that local...

Can an ontology provide enough detailed information to build logical data models in the future?

by Dave McComb | May 15, 2012 | Knowledge Graphs & Ontologies

A good ontology simplifies your information management systems because it creates an enterprise-wide definition of what things are called and their interrelationships. In our experience, even the complex requirements of multi-billion, global companies can be organized...

Introducing Shades Of Gray Into The Black And White World Of Data Modeling

by Dave McComb | May 15, 2012 | Knowledge Graphs & Ontologies

The world of traditional information technology is black or white. If something isn’t the same, then it is different. Every new distinction requires the creation of a new table. This creates a problem because once a new table is created the concept is considered...

Reuse – Creating Sustainable Models

by Dave McComb | May 11, 2012 | Knowledge Graphs & Ontologies

Since the semantic model is free of structure, it is easier to map concepts to different structural representations enabling reuse of classes and properties. Reuse is a profound way to reduce complexity. In a traditional system, attributes are not reused. Every time...
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